FROZEN

fixed, frozen

(adjective) incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. “frozen prices”; “living on fixed incomes”

frozen

(adjective) not convertible to cash; “frozen assets”

frozen, quick-frozen, flash-frozen

(adjective) (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; “frozen foods”

frozen

(adjective) turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; “the frozen North”; “frozen pipes”; “children skating on a frozen brook”

frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry

(adjective) 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”

frozen

(adjective) not thawed

FREEZE

freeze

(verb) suddenly behave coldly and formally; “She froze when she saw her ex-husband”

freeze

(verb) anesthetize by cold

freeze

(verb) be cold; “I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on”

freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise

(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); “Blocked funds”; “Freeze the assets of this hostile government”

freeze, suspend

(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; “Suspend the aid to the war-torn country”

freeze

(verb) change to ice; “The water in the bowl froze”

freeze

(verb) cause to freeze; “Freeze the leftover food”

freeze, freeze out, freeze down

(verb) change from a liquid to a solid when cold; “Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit”

freeze, stop dead

(verb) stop moving or become immobilized; “When he saw the police car he froze”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

frozen (comparative more frozen, superlative most frozen)

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

Immobilized.

(of a bank account or assets) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.

(grammar)

Verb

frozen

past participle of freeze

Source: Wiktionary


Fro"zen, a.

1. Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook. They warmed their frozen feet. Dryden.

2. Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones.

3. Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.] Be not ever frozen, coy. T. Carew.

FREEZE

Freeze, n. (Arch.)

Definition: A frieze. [Obs.]

Freeze, v. i. [imp. Froze; p. p. Frozen; p. pr. & vb. n. Freezing.] Etym: [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. freĂłsan; 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. prushva ice, prush to spirt. 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.

Note: Water freezes at 32Âş above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40Âş below zero.

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. To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.]

Freeze, v. t.

1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat.

2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life. Shak.

Freeze, n.

Definition: The act of congealing, or the state of being congealed. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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