frozen
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frozen (comparative more frozen, superlative most frozen)
- Having undergone the process of freezing; 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.
- Immobilized.
- I just stood frozen as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
- (of a bank account or assets) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
- (grammar) Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
- "Dice" is a frozen plural.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having undergone freezing
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Verb
[edit]frozen
- past participle of freeze
- The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.
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