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Freezing vs Freezed - What's the difference?

freezing | freezed |

As verbs the difference between freezing and freezed

is that freezing is while freezed is (dialect|nonstandard) (freeze).

As an adjective freezing

is (literally) suffering or causing frost.

As a noun freezing

is (uncountable|physics|chemistry) the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

freezing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (literally) Suffering or causing frost
  • (by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold

    • Synonyms

    * (literally) frosty * (very cold) ice-cold, icy

    Noun

    (wikipedia freezing)
  • (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
  • * 1829 , James Macauley, The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New York
    • Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings . The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, while the latter contract and harden it.
  • (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * freeze-dry * freezer

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * freezing point

    freezed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dialect, nonstandard) (freeze)
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 3, author=George Vecsey, title=One Night Only for Serves and Memories at the Garden, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“This is my first time here,” Ivanovic said. “I was actually hoping it would snow because we always play in places where it’s very warm. So it’s fun also to get freezed a little bit."}}

    Usage notes

    * Use of the "weak" inflection ending in "-ed" instead of the strong inflected form, (froze) (past) or (frozen) (past participle) is considered non-standard, though the speaker or writer would be understood.