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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (7)

1. turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold;
- Example: "the frozen North"
- Example: "frozen pipes"
- Example: "children skating on a frozen brook"

2. absolutely still;
- Example: "frozen with horror"
- Example: "they stood rooted in astonishment"
[syn: frozen(p), rooted(p), stock-still]

3. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;
- Example: "a frigid greeting"
- Example: "got a frosty reception"
- Example: "a frozen look on their faces"
- Example: "a glacial handshake"
- Example: "icy stare"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "frozen foods"
[syn: flash-frozen, quick-frozen, frozen]

6. not convertible to cash;
- Example: "frozen assets"

7. incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices";
- Example: "living on fixed incomes"
[syn: fixed, frozen]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, 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]