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Webster 1913 Edition


Frozen

Fro′zen

,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Frozen

FRO'ZEN

,
pp.
of freeze.
1.
Congealed by cold.
2.
Cold; frosty; chill; as the frozen climates of the north.
3.
Chill or cold in affection.
4.
Void of natural heat or vigor.

Definition 2024


frozen

frozen

English

Adjective

frozen (comparative more frozen, superlative most frozen)

  1. In the state of that which freezes; in ice form.
    The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
    • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, Mexico gets a taste for eating insects ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
      The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters  But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
  2. Immobilized.
    I just stood frozen as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
  3. (of a bank account) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.

Translations

Verb

frozen

  1. past participle of freeze
    The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.