as in cold
having a low or subnormal temperature
why aren't you wearing a coat, as it's freezing outside?
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as in hardening
to become physically firm or solid
add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine
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Sean Gregory/paris, TIME, 27 July 2024
On a freezing Saturday night in Denver in January 2013, Jacoby Jones sealed his legacy as the leading man in a golden Ravens memory.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
The senator was heckled with chants to retire during an August speech in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, and the chair of the Jessamine County Republican Party told The Washington Post his chapter believed McConnell should leave his leadership role following his second freezing episode later that month.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
The mercury rose above the freezing mark, melted ice dripped from roofs, and children left their heavy coats at home on their way to school.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2024
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The world hasn’t witnessed a truly festive opening ceremony since 2018, when the guy from Tonga took his shirt off—again—that time in the freezing cold, and fans from South Korea cheered the parade of nations at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
—Sean Gregory/paris, TIME, 27 July 2024
On a freezing Saturday night in Denver in January 2013, Jacoby Jones sealed his legacy as the leading man in a golden Ravens memory.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
The senator was heckled with chants to retire during an August speech in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, and the chair of the Jessamine County Republican Party told The Washington Post his chapter believed McConnell should leave his leadership role following his second freezing episode later that month.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
The mercury rose above the freezing mark, melted ice dripped from roofs, and children left their heavy coats at home on their way to school.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2024
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“Freezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freezing. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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