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Frozen

adjective

1.

Turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold. "Frozen pipes" , "Children skating on a frozen brook" Antonym: unfrozen.

2.

Absolutely still. Synonyms: rooted, stock-still. "They stood rooted in astonishment"

3.

Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. Synonyms: frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry. "Got a frosty reception" , "A frozen look on their faces" , "A glacial handshake" , "Icy stare" , "Wintry smile"

4.

Not thawed.

5.

(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value. Synonyms: flash-frozen, quick-frozen.

6.

Not convertible to cash.

7.

Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.. Synonym: fixed. "Living on fixed incomes"

Freeze

verb

(past froze; past part. frozen; pres. part. freezing)

1.

Stop moving or become immobilized. Synonym: stop dead.

2.

Change to ice. Antonym: boil.

3.

Be cold.

4.

Cause to freeze.

5.

Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. Synonym: suspend.

6.

Be very cold, below the freezing point.

7.

Change from a liquid to a solid when cold. Synonyms: freeze down, freeze out.

8.

Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). Synonyms: block, immobilise, immobilize. "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" Antonyms: unblock, unfreeze.

9.

Anesthetize by cold.

10.

Suddenly behave coldly and formally.

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"Frozen" Quotes from Famous Books

... if she took his portfolios, unexhibited drawings and unfinished matter, away with her, the work would encounter such icy blasts from Paul Post and other frequenters of her studio, that it would soon be frozen out even of her warm heart. On its old-fashioned plane and of its kind the work was good, and they could not bear the thought of its subjection to ridicule. A one-man exhibition of his work was the least testimony they could pay to one they had loved; and on preparation for this they ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... Nephew say that he had been discussing some "Two-year-old Stakes" with a friend, observed that she was afraid they must have been dreadfully tough, adding, after consideration, "Perhaps they were frozen meat." ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 9, 1892 • Various

... youths occupy their bodies just enough for suffering and to expiate the sins of others? Without knowing it, they have been sent into the world to be safe tenements of the Lord, the resting-place where Jesus finds a home after wandering over the frozen steppes ...

— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans

... which reopened last spring, are in sound condition and have been brought within the protection of Federal insurance. In the case of those banks which were not permitted to reopen, nearly six hundred million dollars of frozen deposits are being restored to the depositors through the ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... have caused me to faint, for I have no recollection of what happened next, except that I was sitting on somebody's lap and that she was calling me boght millish (little sweet) and veg-veen (little dear) while she rubbed my half-frozen limbs and did other things that were, I am sure, all ...

— The Woman Thou Gavest Me - Being the Story of Mary O'Neill • Hall Caine

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