freezing

Meaning

Adj

1. (literally) Suffering or causing frost
2. (broadly, excessive) Very cold
3. Zero °C, the freezing point of water.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
2. (countable) The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Verb

present participle and gerund of freeze

Synonyms

icy

cold

🥶

freeze

chilly

frosty

frozen

frigid

very cold

cool

🆒

refrigeration

coagulation

congelation

ice-cold

gelid

chilling

solidification

bitter

chill

cold storage

congealing

frost

glacial

ice

🧊

set

frosting

deep-freezing

deep

gelation

curdling

deep freezing

frozen-in

cooling

iced

consolidation

nippy

ossification

refrigerating

condensation

nippily

setting

snappy

condensate

solidifying

stabilization

ice cold

clotting

frostbound

putting in cold storage

freeze-up

putting on ice

frostbite

frostily

Translations

congélation

congelación

gel

glacial

eiskalt

solidification

helado

congeler

geler

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.