freezing

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Freeze Source: opted

2. a. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. Source: opted

3. n. the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid Source: wordnet

4. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- Frrez"ing*ly, adv. Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice. -- Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. -- Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32º Fahr., and at 0º Centigrade. Source: webster

5. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant inmanner.-- Frrez"ing*ly, adv. Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice.-- Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemicalsalts) for producing intense cold.-- Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluidbegins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezingpoint is at 32º Fahr., and at 0º Centigrade. Source: adambom

6. j:100 n the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid v stop moving or become immobilized v change to ice v be cold v cause to freeze v stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it v be very cold, below the freezing point v change from a liquid to a solid when cold v prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) v anesthetize by cold v suddenly behave coldly and formally Source: ecdict

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