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frozen Definition

fro·zen (frōzən)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

freeze

adjective

  1. turned into or covered with ice; congealed by cold
  2. injured, damaged, or killed by freezing
  3. having heavy frosts and extreme cold the frozen polar wastes
  4. preserved or prepared by freezing, as food
  5. affected as if turned into ice; made motionless frozen with terror
  6. without warmth or affection in behavior, manners, etc.
  7. arbitrarily kept at a fixed level or in a fixed position
  8. not capable of being spent, transferred, sold, etc. as by legal action frozen assets

Etymology: ME

frozen Synonyms

frozen

modif.

chilled, frosted, iced; see cold 1, 2.

frozen Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • not: The three main points are to keep the seeds cool, but not frozen, dark and to exclude air.
  • permanently: Most of the earth's surface water is permanently frozen or salty.
  • ready: Good choice of different flavored sausages delivered ready frozen.
  • well: The turf and snow is well frozen but thin with plenty of rocky moves in between.

Modifies a noun

  • pea: I ce wrapped in a cloth - or a bag of frozen peas - can be used to reduce the swelling.
  • embryo: We're reviving frozen embryos right now, for instance.
  • shoulder: Back pain, frozen shoulder, no results no fee.
  • wasteland: So by the end of the two days we returned to the frozen wasteland that is Northern England both weary and happy.
  • yogurt: Switch from the regular or premium type ice creams to low fat frozen yogurt, ice milk or sorbet.
  • plasma: And get him two units of fresh frozen plasma now.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: The snow remained frozen as we continued up hill.
  • sit: Trumble sat frozen, amazed that he had actually done it.
  • store: Cells were collected by centrifugation, and pellets were stored frozen ( -20°C ) until further use.
  • keep: If kept frozen continuously, they will be safe indefinitely.
  • deliver: Good choice of different flavored sausages delivered ready frozen.
  • supply: Brakes For over 40 years, Brakes has specialized in developing and supplying frozen, chilled and ambient food products to the catering industry.
frozen Quotes

You are suspended in me beautiful and frozen, I preserve you, in me you are safe.

—Atwood, Margaret Eleanor

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.

—Frost, Robert Lee

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