Definitions for freezing

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IPA: /ˈfri zɪŋ/

Freezing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in freezing (eefginrz).

Definitions for freezing

noun

1. the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
2. Also called ice-up. Meteorology. a widespread occurrence of temperatures below 32°F (0°C) persisting for at least several days:
3. a frost.
4. a legislative action, especially in time of national emergency, to control prices, rents, production, etc.:
5. a decision by one or more nations to stop or limit production or development of weapons, especially nuclear weapons.

adjective

1. (of temperatures) approaching, at, or below the freezing point.
2. extremely or uncomfortably cold; chilled:
3. beginning to freeze or partially frozen; in the process of being or becoming frozen.

Verb phrases

1. freeze on/onto, Informal. to adhere closely to; hold on; seize.
2. freeze out, to exclude or compel (somebody) to withdraw from membership, acceptance, a position of influence or advantage, etc., by cold treatment or severe competition.
3. freeze over, to coat or become coated with ice:

verb (used with object)

1. to harden into ice; change from a fluid to a solid form by loss of heat; congeal.
2. to form ice on the surface of (a river, pond, etc.).
3. to harden or stiffen (an object containing moisture) by cold.
4. to quick-freeze.
5. to subject to freezing temperature; place in a freezer or in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator.
6. to cause to suffer the effects of intense cold; produce the sensation of extreme cold in.
7. to cause to lose warmth as if by cold; chill with fear; dampen the enthusiasm of.
8. to cause (a person or animal) to become fixed through fright, alarm, shock, etc.:
9. to kill by frost or cold:
10. to fix fast with ice:
11. to obstruct or close (a pipe or the like) by the formation of ice:
12. to fix (rents, prices, etc.) at a specific amount, usually by government order.
13. to stop or limit production, use, or development of:
14. Finance. to render impossible of liquidation or collection:
15. Surgery. to render part of the body insensitive to pain or slower in its function by artificial means.
16. Cards. Canasta. to play a wild card on (the discard pile) so as to make it frozen. Poker. to eliminate (other players) in a game of freezeout.
17. to photograph (a moving subject) at a shutter speed fast enough to produce an unblurred, seemingly motionless image.
18. Movies. to stop by means of a freeze-frame mechanism:
19. Sports. to maintain possession of (a ball or puck) for as long as possible, usually without trying to score, thereby reducing the opponent's opportunities for scoring.
20. Ice Hockey. to hold (a puck) against the boards with the skates or stick, causing play to stop and forcing a face-off.

verb (used without object)

1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
2. to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat, as objects containing moisture:
3. to suffer the effects of intense cold; have the sensation of extreme cold:
4. to be of the degree of cold at which water freezes:
5. to lose warmth of feeling; be stunned or chilled with fear, shock, etc.:
6. to become immobilized through fear, shock, etc.:
7. to stop suddenly and remain motionless; halt:
8. to become obstructed by the formation of ice, as pipes:
9. to die or be injured because of frost or cold.
10. (of a screw, nail, or the like) to become rigidly fixed in place, as from rust or dirt.
11. to become fixed to something by or as if by the action of frost.
12. to become unfriendly, secretive, or aloof (often followed by up):
13. to become temporarily inoperable; cease to function (often followed by up):

Origin of freezing

First recorded in 1605-15; freeze + -ing²

Examples for freezing

He only trembled, as though overtaken by some horror which was freezing him.

It was freezing cold, and the chill was worse in the dock that I entered.

The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.

Yeah,” he said, “they called that pitch the freezing slider, because it just froze Horton solid.

How about staging large-scale NATO military maneuvers at the border and freezing the assets of the kleptocracy?

"I shall not keep you longer from his Highness," said the Princess with freezing dignity.

They ended up crawling for much of the journey, scaling electric fences and fending off wild animals in freezing conditions.

The water is freezing, the people are fat, and the sun will kill you.

In winter, kept cold, yet not in danger of freezing, it will keep a week.

The horses, which had been put to long before, were freezing in the snow.