'Freezing' definitions:
Definition of 'freezing'
(from WordNet)
noun
The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid [syn: freeze, freezing]
Definition of 'Freezing'
From: GCIDE
- Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. Froze (fr[=o]z); p. p. Frozen (fr[=o]"z'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf. Frost.]
- 1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood freezes in the veins. [1913 Webster]
- To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Freezing'
From: GCIDE
- Freezing \Freez"ing\, a. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- {Frrez"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- 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 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg] Centigrade. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'freezing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adiabatic absorption,
- adiabatic demagnetization,
- adiabatic expansion,
- air conditioning,
- air cooling,
- algid,
- algific,
- anhydration,
- arctic,
- below zero,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitterly cold,
- blast freezing,
- blast-freezing,
- bleak,
- boreal,
- bottling,
- brining,
- brisk,
- brumal,
- canning,
- chill,
- chilling,
- chilly,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- congealing,
- congealment,
- congelation,
- cooling,
- corning,
- crisp,
- cryogenics,
- curing,
- cutting,
- deep freezing,
- dehydration,
- dehydrofreezing,
- desiccation,
- dry-curing,
- drying,
- electric refrigeration,
- embalming,
- evaporation,
- food freezing,
- freezable,
- freeze-drying,
- freezing cold,
- frigid,
- frigorific,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- fuming,
- gas refrigeration,
- gelid,
- glaciable,
- glacial,
- glaciation,
- glacification,
- hibernal,
- hiemal,
- hyperboreal,
- hyperborean,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy,
- inclement,
- infrigidation,
- irradiation,
- jerking,
- keen,
- marination,
- mechanical refrigeration,
- mummification,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- numbing,
- penetrating,
- perishing,
- pickling,
- piercing,
- pinching,
- polar,
- potting,
- quick freezing,
- quick-freezing,
- raw,
- reduction of temperature,
- refreezing,
- refrigerant,
- refrigeration,
- refrigerative,
- refrigeratory,
- regelation,
- rigorous,
- salting,
- seasoning,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sharp freezing,
- sharp-freezing,
- shivering,
- shivery,
- Siberian,
- sleety,
- slushy,
- smoking,
- snappy,
- stone-cold,
- stuffing,
- subzero,
- super-cooling,
- supercooled,
- taxidermy,
- tinning,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry