frozen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb stop moving or become immobilized
    stop dead; freeze.
    • When he saw the police car he froze
  2. verb change to ice
    freeze.
    • The water in the bowl froze
  3. verb be cold
    freeze.
    • I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on
  4. verb cause to freeze
    freeze.
    • Freeze the leftover food
  5. verb stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
    suspend; freeze.
    • Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
  6. verb be very cold, below the freezing point
    freeze.
    • It is freezing in Kalamazoo
  7. verb change from a liquid to a solid when cold
    freeze out; freeze down; freeze.
    • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
  8. verb prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
    immobilize; immobilise; block; freeze.
    • Blocked funds
    • Freeze the assets of this hostile government
  9. verb anesthetize by cold
    freeze.
  10. verb suddenly behave coldly and formally
    freeze.
    • She froze when she saw her ex-husband
  11. adjective turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
    • the frozen North
    • frozen pipes
    • children skating on a frozen brook
  12. adjective satellite absolutely still
    stock-still; rooted.
    • frozen with horror
    • they stood rooted in astonishment
  13. adjective satellite devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
    icy; frigid; glacial; wintry; frosty.
    • a frigid greeting
    • got a frosty reception
    • a frozen look on their faces
    • a glacial handshake
    • icy stare
    • wintry smile
  14. adjective satellite not thawed
  15. adjective satellite (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
    quick-frozen; flash-frozen.
    • frozen foods
  16. adjective satellite not convertible to cash
    • frozen assets
  17. adjective satellite incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"
    fixed.
    • living on fixed incomes

WordNet

Fro"zen adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913