freezing's Usage Examples:

The pond had in the meanwhile skimmed over in the shadiest and shallowest coves, some days or even weeks before the general freezing.

If, however, this non-magnetic substance is cooled to a temperature a few degrees below freezing-point, it becomes as strongly magnetic as average cast-iron (µ 62 for H 40), and retains its magnetic properties indefinitely at ordinary temperatures.

sweltering hot by day, freezing cold by night.

58 lb of water from the freezing to the boiling point, and in this calculation the heat lost by radiation and conduction was neglected.

Nitrogen peroxide is also prepared by heating lead nitrate and passing the products of decomposition through a tube surrounded by a freezing mixture, when the gas liquefies.

He was freezing and drenched.

She stepped out of his embrace, the two of them freezing in the middle of the dance floor like rocks in a flowing creek.

Commonly employed treatment options include cryotherapy (freezing of the tumor) and excision.

At the first hint of below freezing weather, Howie was on the job, covering everything and reading up on all preventive measures known to man.

Either ice packs and a freezing spray, or an injectible anesthetic like lidocaine, is used to numb the skin.

The winter was the army's bane; his freezing forces had to retreat.

The climate is rather inclement and variable; but the thermometer seldom drops below freezing point, nor does snow fall frequently in winter except on the highest summits.

The room was chilly, the marble flooring freezing.

Synonyms:

freeze-drying, icing, chilling, cooling, frost, physical change, lyophilization, freeze, state change, lyophilisation, phase transition, phase change, temperature reduction,

Antonyms:

move, unfreeze, unblock, bring to, boil,