What is the meaning of frozen?

verb

  • Stop moving or become immobilized.
    • usage: "When he saw the police car he froze"
  • Change to ice.
    • usage: "The water in the bowl froze"
  • Be cold.
    • usage: "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
  • Cause to freeze.
    • usage: "Freeze the leftover food"
  • Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.
    • usage: "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
  • Be very cold, below the freezing point.
    • usage: "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
  • Change from a liquid to a solid when cold.
    • usage: "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
  • Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets. )
    • usage: "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
  • Anesthetize by cold.
  • Suddenly behave coldly and formally.
    • usage: "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"

adjective

  • Turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold.
    • usage: "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook"
  • Absolutely still.
    • usage: "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment"
  • Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain.
    • usage: "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
  • Not thawed.
  • Used of foods. ( preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value)
    • usage: "frozen foods"
  • Not convertible to cash.
    • usage: "frozen assets"
  • (adj.) ().
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