замерзать

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Russian

Etymology

замёрзнуть (zamjórznutʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

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Verb

замерза́ть (zamerzátʹimpf (perfective замёрзнуть)

  1. (physics, chemistry) to freeze
    Synonym: ледене́ть (ledenétʹ)
    • Adolphe Ganot (1868) “Отвердѣваніе или замерзаніе, его законы”, in Павленковъ, Ф., Черкасовъ, В., transl., Полный курсъ физики съ краткимъ обзоромъ метеоролигческихъ явленій (in Russian), 2nd (13th) edition, Saint Petersburg, Отдѣлъ VI. Теплота., page 286:
      Многія тѣла, какъ напримѣръ алкоголь, эфиръ, не замерзаютъ при самых низкихъ температурах, какія мы только въ состояніи произвести въ настоящее время.
      Mnogija těla, kak napriměr alkogolʹ, efir, ne zamerzajut pri samyx nizkix temperaturax, kakija my tolʹko v sostojanii proizvesti v nastojaščeje vremja.
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  2. (colloquial) to freeze, to congeal
    Synonyms: затвердева́ть (zatverdevátʹ), застыва́ть (zastyvátʹ), ледене́ть (ledenétʹ)
  3. to freeze to death

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