"freezing" meaning in English

See freezing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-freezing.wav [US] Forms: more freezing [comparative], most freezing [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} freezing (comparative more freezing, superlative most freezing)
  1. (literally) Suffering or causing frost Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-freezing-en-adj-~mHMOygG
  2. (by extension, chiefly hyperbolic) Very cold Tags: broadly, excessive Categories (topical): Temperature Synonyms (very cold): ice-cold, icy Translations (very cold): 冷死了 (lěng sǐ le) (Chinese Mandarin), ijskoud (Dutch), ijzig (Dutch), frosta (Esperanto), malvarmega (Esperanto), pakkanen (Finnish), polaire (French), frostig (German), affenkalt [colloquial] (German), saukalt [colloquial] (German), arschkalt [vulgar] (German), jääkäs (Ingrian), gelidus (Latin), mātaratara (Maori), lodowaty [masculine] (Polish), ледяно́й (ledjanój) (Russian), моро́зный (moróznyj) (Russian), холо́дный как лёд (xolódnyj kak ljod) (Russian), helado (Spanish), glacial (Spanish), cambewek (Sundanese), cecep (Sundanese)
    Sense id: en-freezing-en-adj-ExYC9wRv Disambiguation of Temperature: 17 36 2 14 3 29 Categories (other): English hyperboles Disambiguation of 'very cold': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'very cold': 0 100 0
  3. (with above or below) Zero °C, the freezing point of water.
    Sense id: en-freezing-en-adj-HRhnso0d Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 2 35 9 9 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frosty [literally], frigorific [literally] Derived forms: subfreezing

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-freezing.wav [US] Forms: freezings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} freezing (countable and uncountable, plural freezings)
  1. (uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature. Tags: uncountable Translations (the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling): solidotze (Basque), замръзване (zamrǎzvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), bevriezing [feminine] (Dutch), solidification [feminine] (French), Erstarren [neuter] (German), Gefrieren [neuter] (German), πήξη (píxi) [feminine] (Greek), fagyás (Hungarian), solidificare [feminine] (Romanian), donma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-freezing-en-noun-mCsON71a Disambiguation of 'the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling': 100 0
  2. (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (the action of numbing with anesthetics): verdoving (Dutch), anesthésie [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-freezing-en-noun-zSvXGnjW Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'the action of numbing with anesthetics': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frost Related terms: freeze-dry, freezer

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-freezing.wav [US]
Rhymes: -iːzɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} freezing
  1. present participle and gerund of freeze Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: freeze Derived forms: freezing point
    Sense id: en-freezing-en-verb-0K20hSG8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 1 26 4 15 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 2 35 9 9 35

Inflected forms

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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "lěng sǐ le",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "冷死了"
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      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "pakkanen"
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      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "polaire"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "jääkäs"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "gelidus"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "mātaratara"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lodowaty"
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      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "ледяно́й"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "very cold",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "glacial"
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      "code": "su",
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      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "cambewek"
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      "code": "su",
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}

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      "sense": "the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling",
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