frozen
Meanings
Verb
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change to ice
- be cold
- cause to freeze
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- anesthetize by cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
- past participle of freeze
Adjective
- turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
- "the frozen North"
- "frozen pipes"
- "children skating on a frozen brook"
Adjective Satellite
- absolutely still
- "frozen with horror"
- devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
- "a frozen look on their faces"
- not thawed
- (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
- "frozen foods"
- not convertible to cash
- "frozen assets"
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.
- "frozen prices"
Adj
- Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
- Immobilized.
- In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
- Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
Synonyms
block, fixed, flash-frozen, freeze, freeze down, freeze out, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, immobilise, immobilize, quick-frozen, rooted, stock-still, stop dead, suspend, wintry
Scrabble Score: 18
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