freezing
adjective
[ ˈfriːzɪŋ ]
• below 0°C.
• "strong winds and freezing temperatures"
Similar:
bitterly cold,
cold,
chill,
chilling,
frosty,
frozen,
glacial,
wintry,
sub-zero,
raw,
biting,
piercing,
penetrating,
cutting,
stinging,
numbing,
arctic,
polar,
Siberian,
Baltic,
gelid,
brumal,
rimy,
algid,
circumpolar,
freezing
noun
• the freezing point of water (0°C).
• "the temperature was well above freezing"
freeze
verb
• (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
• "in the winter the milk froze"
• store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it.
• "the cake can be frozen"
Similar:
deep-freeze,
quick-freeze,
freeze-dry,
put in the freezer,
pack in ice,
put on ice,
ice,
store at a low temperature,
chill,
cool,
refrigerate,
preserve,
• become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.
• "she froze in horror"
Similar:
stop dead,
stop in one's tracks,
stop,
stand (stock) still,
go rigid,
become motionless,
become paralysed,
Opposite:
run away,
• hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time.
• "new spending on defence was to be frozen"
Similar:
fix,
suspend,
hold,
peg,
set,
limit,
restrict,
curb,
check,
cap,
confine,
control,
regulate,
hold/keep down,
Origin:
Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost.
