dictionary definitions for "frozen"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  frozen
      adj 1: turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe
             cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children
             skating on a frozen brook" [ant: unfrozen]
      2: absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted
         in astonishment" [syn: {frozen(p)}, {rooted(p)},
         stock-still]
      3: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of
         unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a
         frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a
         glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn:
         frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry]
      4: not thawed
      5: used of foods; preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to
         retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods" [syn:
         flash-frozen, quick-frozen]
      6: not convertible to cash; "frozen assets"
      7: incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen
         prices"; "living on fixed incomes" [syn: fixed]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. Froze (fr[=o]z); p. p. Frozen
     (fr[=o]"z'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing.] [OE. fresen,
     freosen, AS. fre['o]san; akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G.
     frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw. frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius
     cold, frost, and prob. to L. prurire to itch, E. prurient,
     cf. L. prna a burning coal, pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a]
     ice, prush to spirt. ? 18. Cf. Frost.]
     1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
        to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
        hardened into ice or a like solid body.
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     Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
           thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
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     2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
        loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
        freezes in the veins.
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     To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frozen \Fro"zen\, a.
     1. Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen
        brook.
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              They warmed their frozen feet.        --Dryden.
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     2. Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as,
        the frozen north; the frozen zones.
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     3. Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.]
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              Be not ever frozen, coy.              --T. Carew.
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