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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
Examples of freezing in a Sentence
Adjective
why aren't you wearing a coat, as it's freezing outside?
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Planting the lily outdoors too early could lead to damage from freezing temperatures.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2025
Margie Cullen, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
The women were taken to a fire station for medical examination and then transported to a Border Patrol station where they were processed for removal from the U.S.
The rescue occurred during conditions that saw mountain temperatures nearly reach freezing, Border Patrol said.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The prosecution, led by special prosecutor Hank Brennan, presented an alternate version of events, saying that Read deliberately reversed into O'Keefe and left him to die in freezing temperatures.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Planting the lily outdoors too early could lead to damage from freezing temperatures.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
Nationwide, ticks can be active year-round as long as the temperature is above freezing, but ticks are most active in the warmer months of spring, summer, and early fall, according to the National Forest Foundation.
—Margie Cullen, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
The women were taken to a fire station for medical examination and then transported to a Border Patrol station where they were processed for removal from the U.S.
The rescue occurred during conditions that saw mountain temperatures nearly reach freezing, Border Patrol said.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Freezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freezing. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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