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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Recent Examples of freezing
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Lucy Dacus braves the freezing cold in New York City to share some songs off her playlist and discuss her upcoming solo album, Forever Is a Feeling, on the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s Song Shuffle.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Another important thing is that freezing your credit does not affect your credit score.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The Calhoun County Animal Center in Michigan discovered a 16-week-old puppy dumped at the facility in freezing and snowy conditions on the morning of February 19.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Lucy Dacus braves the freezing cold in New York City to share some songs off her playlist and discuss her upcoming solo album, Forever Is a Feeling, on the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s Song Shuffle.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
Please remember freezing your credit is entirely free.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Another important thing is that freezing your credit does not affect your credit score.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freezing
Adjective
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The formerly friendly hound transformed into one of cold calculation that left a trail of bodies in its wake.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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Champions League-level spending catches up with reality A significant problem at Old Trafford has been a simple one: a lack of cold, hard cash.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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To protect hypervisors, organizations must invest in proper network segmentation, hardening programs and runtime security.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Our focus needs to shift from detecting every single threat to hardening our environments and assuming breaches will happen.—
Danny Jenkins,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
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White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.—
Christopher Cann,
The Indianapolis Star,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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That included sailing into frigid gusts and plowing through ice floes.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2025
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Her previous pop album, 2020’s Chromatica, sought to sublimate those wounds in sleek, strangely frigid dance music.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The hotel’s in-house Palace Sports & Rentals features a ski room with heated lockers, a convenient way to start and end a chilly day.—
Alexandra Cheney,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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Pascal Plante’s chilly Quebecois techno-thriller isn’t about content moderation per se, but its descent-into-hell structure is — intentionally or not — mimicked here.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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People are going to be very chill and normal, like the internet always is.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Canada’s been chill with legal weed since 2018, and Germany is heading there too.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These keep you cool in spring and summer and play nicely with pants made of similar materials.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2025
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Let cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes, then turn out of pans and let cool completely, about 1 hour.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Freezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freezing. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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