frozen

Adjective
Synonyms: frozen(p)rooted(p)stock-stillfrigidfrostyglacialicywintryflash-frozenquick-frozenfixed

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (7)

  1. turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold“the frozen North”“frozen pipes”“children skating on a frozen brook”
  2. absolutely still“frozen with horror”“they stood rooted in astonishment”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: frigidfrostyglacialicywintry
  4. not thawed
  5. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value“frozen foods”Synonyms: flash-frozenquick-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”Synonyms: fixed
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

To freeze up (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Frozen \Fro"zen\, a.

1.Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook. [1913 Webster]

They warmed their frozen feet.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones. [1913 Webster]

3.Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Be not ever frozen, coy.— T. Carew.[1913 Webster]
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