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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Freezing \Freez"ing\, a. 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 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg] Centigrade. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; 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. Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero. 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. {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: freezing adj : extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" [syn: {arctic}, {frigid}, {gelid}, {glacial}, {icy}, {polar}] n : the withdrawal of hear to change something from a liquid to a solid [syn: {freeze}]
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