Meaning

4 senses
  1. (literally)Suffering or causing frost.

  2. (broadly, excessive)Very cold.

    frostig, affenkalt, saukalt

    ледяно́йledjanój, моро́зныйmoróznyj, холо́дный как лёдxolódnyj kak ljod

  3. The freezing point of water, zero degrees celsius.

  4. Aloof, unfriendly.

Examples

207 sentences
  1. It's freezing outside.

    Зовні мороз.

    ruНа улице мороз.

    deDraußen ist es schweinekalt.

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  2. It was below freezing last night.

    ruПрошлой ночью была минусовая температура.

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  3. We came dangerously close to freezing to death.

    ruМы чуть не замёрзли до смерти.

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  4. The temperature has been below freezing for several days.

    ruНесколько дней держится минусовая температура.

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  5. In Boston, it'll be sunny and just above freezing.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
very cold:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
very cold:

Origin

By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.

By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.

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Forms

more freezing, most freezing
Comparativemore freezing Lesson
Superlativemost freezing Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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