Frozen
['frəʊzn] or ['frozn]
Definition
(adj.) not convertible to cash; 'frozen assets' .
(adj.) turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; 'the frozen North'; 'frozen pipes'; 'children skating on a frozen brook' .
(adj.) not thawed .
(adj.) absolutely still; 'frozen with horror'; 'they stood rooted in astonishment' .
Typist: Meg--From WordNet
Definition
(p. p.) of Freeze
(a.) Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook.
(a.) Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones.
(a.) Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding.
Checker: Lucille
Definition
pa.p. of freeze.
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Examples
- The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nobody got enough to eat; the bedclothes were too short and too thin; it was 28 degrees below zero, and the wash-water was frozen solid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had to stand and look at the frozen dead body that had been Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But in this evaporation great cold is produced and the water in the receiver is soon frozen. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You are a frozen-faced . Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- At No. 12 a tumbler of whiskey is frozen solid by immersing a tube containing liquid air in it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And the wagon drove off, rattling and jolting over the frozen road. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She checked me, however, as I was about to depart from her--so frozen as I was! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We may infer from the frozen mammals and nature of the mountain vegetation, that Siberia was similarly affected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Had we continued the five thousand miles that lie between Thuria and the planet he would have been but the frozen memory of a man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Yet she was frozen with overwrought feelings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Birkin remembered a rabbit which he had once found frozen like a board on the snow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then do the frozen Dedlocks thaw. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The wagon rattled, jumped, almost flew, over the frozen ground; but plainer, and still plainer, came the noise of pursuing horsemen behind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I got into bed, but jumped out immediately, finding them as cold as death, and partly frozen. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This continued all winter, and many were the occasions when I was nearly frozen in the Elizabeth walk. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A tank _a_ is filled with water to be frozen or cooled. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I never, he declared with intensity, was more nearly frozen than once, in April, in the train between Calais and Paris. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In the can system the water is frozen from all four sides to the center, and imprisons in the center any air bubbles or impurities that may exist in the water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Its streets were blocked up with snow--the few passengers seemed palsied, and frozen by the ungenial visitation of winter. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The candle-flames flickered in the frozen air, in the intense silence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You must be frozen. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You'd have frozen first. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Were this not true, ice cream could not be frozen by a mixture of salt and ice. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I sat frozen with horror for a minute or two. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Water to be frozen is placed in a vessel connected by a pipe to a reservoir containing sulphuric acid. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was the frozen carcase of a dead male. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Your hands are frozen--you must undress and be made warm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Inherent flaws can be perfectly understood by imagining a pond of water frozen solidly to its center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At No. 10, Fig. 305, a heavy weight is suspended by a link composed of a bar of mercury frozen solid in liquid air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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