freezing

Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

"The lake froze solid."

To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.

"Don't freeze meat twice."

To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

"It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh."

The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Suffering or causing frost

(by extension) Very cold