"refrigerating" in the verb sense
1. refrigerate
preserve by chilling
"many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil"
2. refrigerate
cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator
"refrigerate this medicine"
"refrigerating" in the adjective sense
1. refrigerant, refrigerating
causing cooling or freezing
"a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide"
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