- fro´zen|ness
- fro|zen «FROH zuhn», adjective, verb.–adj.1. hardened with cold; turned into ice; subjected or exposed to extreme cold: »
a river frozen over, frozen sherbet, frozen carbon dioxide. The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass (Keats).
2. very cold: »My hands are frozen; I need some gloves. Antarctica is a frozen continent.
3. preserved by being subjected to low temperatures: »frozen foods.
4. killed or injured by frost: »frozen flowers.
5. covered or clogged with ice: »frozen water pipes.
6. Figurative. cold and unfeeling: »a frozen heart, a frozen stare, a frozen smile.
7. too frightened or stiff to move: »frozen to the spot in horror.
8. made temporarily impossible to sell or exchange; made impossible to liquidate, as by business conditions: »frozen assets, frozen loans.
9. (of a price, rent, wage, or other financial matter) fixed at a particular amount or level; unchanged: »These dwellings…suffered inevitably during the war and, subsequently, when frozen rents and rising costs progressively reduced owners' resources for repairs (London Times).
the past participle of freeze: »The water has frozen to ice.
–fro´zen|ness, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
