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FROZEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frozen mean?
• FROZEN (adjective)
The adjective FROZEN has 7 senses:
1. turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
2. absolutely still
3. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
4. not thawed
5. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
6. not convertible to cash
7. incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.
Familiarity information: FROZEN used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
Context example:
children skating on a frozen brook
Similar:
frostbitten (injured by freezing or partial freezing)
frost-bound ((of the ground) made hard by frost)
glaciated (covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action)
icebound (locked in by ice)
ice-clogged (obstructed by ice)
icy (covered with or containing or consisting of ice)
sleety (consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain)
unthawed (still frozen)
Also:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
unmelted (not melted)
Antonym:
unfrozen (not frozen)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Absolutely still
Synonyms:
frozen; rooted; stock-still
Context example:
they stood rooted in astonishment
Similar:
nonmoving; unmoving (not in motion)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
Synonyms:
frigid; frosty; frozen; glacial; icy; wintry
Context example:
wintry smile
Similar:
cold (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not thawed
Similar:
unmelted (not melted)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
Synonyms:
flash-frozen; frozen; quick-frozen
Context example:
frozen foods
Similar:
preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Not convertible to cash
Context example:
frozen assets
Similar:
nondisposable ((of assets) unavailable for use)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.
Synonyms:
fixed; frozen
Context example:
living on fixed incomes
Similar:
unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)
Context examples
The study involved cancer patients who provided their own fecal sample, which was frozen and stored prior to their cell transplantation procedure.
(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)
So if Mimas' core is oblong in shape, it likely represents a record of the moon's formation, frozen in time.
(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)
This frozen region is north of Pluto’s icy mountains, in the center-left of the heart feature, informally named “Tombaugh Regio”.
(New Horizons Discovers Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s ‘Heart’, NASA)
To develop the new method, researchers analysed 92 samples of frozen medulloblastoma’ tissue gathered from children and young adults up to 24 years old undergoing treatment in three hospitals in the state of Sao Paulo.
(New method to classify brain tumour in children, SciDev.Net)
If plumes are indeed spewing vapor from Europa's ocean or subsurface lakes, Europa Clipper could sample the frozen liquid and dust particles.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
That process long ago transformed wetter, warmer ancient Mars into today's arid, frozen planet.
(Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere, NASA)
If confirmed, this potential reservoir of frozen water on the Moon may be sufficiently massive to sustain long-term lunar exploration.
(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)
Scientists estimate that there is more than twice as much carbon locked in the frozen North as there is in the atmosphere today.
(Alaska Shows No Signs of Rising Arctic Methane, NASA)
On Ceres, hydrogen is likely to be in the form of frozen water.
(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)
But the bear began to speak and said: “Do not be afraid, I will do you no harm! I am half-frozen, and only want to warm myself a little beside you.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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