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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san;
   akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw.
   frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L.
   prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal,
   pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18.
   Cf. {Frost}.]
   1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
      to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
      hardened into ice or a like solid body.

   Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
         thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.

   2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
      loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
      freezes in the veins.

   {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
      [Colloq.]

Frozen \Fro"zen\, a.
   1. Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen
      brook.

            They warmed their frozen feet.        --Dryden.

   2. Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as,
      the frozen north; the frozen zones.

   3. Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. [R.]

            Be not ever frozen, coy.              --T. Carew.

Source : WordNet®

freeze
     n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
          a solid [syn: {freezing}]
     2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: {frost}]
     3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
        movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
        [syn: {halt}]
     4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
        freeze on hiring"
     [also: {frozen}, {froze}]

freeze
     v 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: {boil}]
     2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
        car he froze" [syn: {stop dead}]
     3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the
        air conditioning is turned on"
     4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
     5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
        "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: {suspend}]
     6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
        Kalamazoo"
     7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
        32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: {freeze out}, {freeze down}]
     8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
        "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: {block},
         {immobilize}, {immobilise}] [ant: {unblock}, {unblock}]
     9: anesthetize by cold
     10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
         her ex-husband"
     [also: {frozen}, {froze}]

frozen
     See {freeze}

frozen
     adj 1: turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe
            cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children
            skating on a frozen brook" [ant: {unfrozen}]
     2: absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted
        in astonishment" [syn: {frozen(p)}, {rooted(p)}, {stock-still}]
     3: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of
        unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a
        frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a
        glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: {frigid},
         {frosty}, {glacial}, {icy}, {wintry}]
     4: not thawed
     5: used of foods; preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to
        retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods" [syn:
        {flash-frozen}, {quick-frozen}]
     6: not convertible to cash; "frozen assets"
     7: incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen
        prices"; "living on fixed incomes" [syn: {fixed}]
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