freezing

Meanings

Noun

• the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

Verb

• stop moving or become immobilized
• change to ice
• be cold
• cause to freeze
• stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
• be very cold, below the freezing point
  • "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
• change from a liquid to a solid when cold
• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
• anesthetize by cold
• suddenly behave coldly and formally

Synonyms

block, freeze, freeze down, freeze out, immobilise, immobilize, stop dead, suspend

Antonyms

boil, unblock, unfreeze