freezing

Plural: freezings

Noun

• the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
• The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
• The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Verb

• stop moving or become immobilized
• change to ice
• be cold
• cause to freeze
• stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
• be very cold, below the freezing point
  • "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
• change from a liquid to a solid when cold
• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
• anesthetize by cold
• suddenly behave coldly and formally
• present participle and gerund of freeze

Adj

• Suffering or causing frost
• Very cold
• Zero °C, the freezing point of water.

Synonyms

block, freeze, freeze down, freeze out, immobilise, immobilize, stop dead, suspend, cutting, frigorific, frost, frosty, ice-cold, icy

Antonyms

boil, unblock, unfreeze

Related Words

freeze-dry, freezer

Anagrams of freezing