bevriezing — meaning in English

English meaning

• freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
• freezing adj Extremely cold.
• frostbite noun Injury to body tissue, usually fingers, toes, or the nose, caused by extreme cold.

Senses

bevriezing is used for these senses in English:

• freeze (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
• freezing (countable, and, uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
• frostbite An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.

freeze — full definition

1. verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
2. verb To suddenly become motionless, often from fear or surprise.
3. verb Of a machine, program, or system, to stop responding.
4. verb To stop something, such as prices, wages, or assets, from changing or moving.
5. noun A period of very cold weather, or an official halt on something changing.

freezing — full definition

1. adj Extremely cold.
2. noun The process by which a liquid turns solid due to cold.

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