Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frozen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; 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.
Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.
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.
{To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
[Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frozen \Fro"zen\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frozen
adj 1: turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe
cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children
skating on a frozen brook" [ant: {unfrozen}]
2: absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted
in astonishment" [syn: {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" [syn: {frigid},
{frosty}, {glacial}, {icy}, {wintry}]
4: not thawed
5: used of foods; preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to
retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods" [syn:
{flash-frozen}, {quick-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" [syn: {fixed}]
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