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: very cold
"Put on your jacket. It's freezing outside!"
Addy rushed home through the darkening streets as if she were pushed along by the wind. She was freezing!—
Connie Porter
Connie Porter2
: being at or below the temperature at which water freezes
a forecast for freezing temperatures overnight
freezing
adverb
The weather was freezing cold. [=very cold]
freezingly
adverb
freezingly cold temperatures
Mrs. Reed's hands still lay on her work inactive: her eye of ice continued to dwell freezingly on mine.
—Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
: the temperature at which water freezes
temperatures dipping below freezing
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Examples of freezing in a Sentence
Adjective
why aren't you wearing a coat, as it's freezing outside?
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
The National Weather Service of Louisville has issued a winter weather advisory starting at 4 p.m. Saturday and ending at 7 a.m Sunday as freezing temperatures and light snowfall are expected to arrive in the area in the evening.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2024
Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
Hyperlocal road forecasts are particularly beneficial in early-season weather events because of consistent freezing along the road network.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
That came in response to attacks on energy stations in December 2022 that left thousands of North Carolinians in the cold without power amid freezing temperatures.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
The National Weather Service of Louisville has issued a winter weather advisory starting at 4 p.m. Saturday and ending at 7 a.m Sunday as freezing temperatures and light snowfall are expected to arrive in the area in the evening.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
The Netflix livestream was beset by technical issues, with problems including the video freezing and degraded quality.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
Hyperlocal road forecasts are particularly beneficial in early-season weather events because of consistent freezing along the road network.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Freezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freezing. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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