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frozen definition

fro·zen (frōzən)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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