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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRO'ZEN, pp. of freeze.
1. Congealed by cold.
2. Cold; frosty; chill; as the frozen climates of the north.
3. Chill or cold in affection.
4. Void of natural heat or vigor.
F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal Society.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, rooted, 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, frozen, 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, 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, frozen]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. treated, affected, or crusted over by freezing b. subject to long and severe cold <the frozen north> 2. a. incapable of being changed, moved, or undone ; fixed; specifically debarred by official action from movement or from change in status <frozen wages> b. not available for present use <frozen capital> c. (1) drained or incapable of emotion (2) expressing or characterized by cold unfriendliness • frozenly adverb • frozenness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past part. of FREEZE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Freeze Freeze, v. i. [imp. Froze; p. p. Frozen; 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. Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] 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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frozen 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Frozen is the past participle of freeze. 2. If the ground is frozen it has become very hard because the weather is very cold. It was bitterly cold now and the ground was frozen hard. ...the frozen bleakness of the Far North. ADJ 3. Frozen food has been preserved by being kept at a very low temperature. ...frozen desserts like ice cream. ADJ: usu ADJ n 4. If you say that you are frozen, or a part of your body is frozen, you are emphasizing that you feel very cold. He put one hand up to his frozen face... ADJ [emphasis] • Frozen stiff means the same as frozen. It was cold and damp; he pulled up his collar and was aware of being frozen stiff. PHRASE: v-link PHR

Moby Thesaurus

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