frozen

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Turned hard because of extreme cold; in ice form.

   The lake was completely frozen in January.

2. 2
   adj

   (of food) preserved by being kept very cold.

   We keep a bag of frozen peas in the freezer.

3. 3
   adj

   Unable to move, often because of fear.

   I stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed his gun.

4. 4
   verb

   Past participle of freeze.

   The water had frozen solid overnight.

5. 5
   adj

   Kept at a fixed level and not allowed to change.

   The company has frozen prices until next year.

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.

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