frozen
Meaning
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- Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
- Immobilized.
- In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
- Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
Synonyms
flash-frozen
iced-up
something frozen
frozen food
glace
ice-bound
stiff with cold
frost-bound
playing dead
suffering from cold
clotted Concrete
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɹəʊzən/
Etymology
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.
New
freeze
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- Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- (informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
- (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
- (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- To cause someone to become motionless.
- To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- To prevent from showing any visible change.
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