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Freezing - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Freezing : (noun)
1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn: freeze]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Freezing |
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redheron: Ossum. RT @muppetaphrodite: been below Freezing for so long that the courtyard waterfall at work has transformed: http://twitpic.com/svf12 |
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huntersmom23: hates my phone it keeps Freezing on me blah...can't wait to get a new one...maybe next payday hmmmmm |
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jaysonmooseknee: gosh my hands are Freezing, i need to get me some gloves. hah |
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