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Frozen

//ˈfɹoʊzn̩// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

    "The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years."

  2. 2
    Immobilized. figuratively

    "I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun."

  3. 3
    Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
  4. 4
    Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.

    ""Dice" is a frozen plural."

Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’ wordnet
  2. 2
    not convertible to cash wordnet
  3. 3
    (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value wordnet
  4. 4
    turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold wordnet
  5. 5
    devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain wordnet
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  1. 6
    not thawed wordnet
  2. 7
    absolutely still wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of freeze form-of, participle, past

    "The mammoth was frozen shortly after death."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.

Etymology 2

From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.

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