ENGLISH: frozen - CREOLE: jele



Overview of verb freeze



The verb freeze has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (7) freeze -- (change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze")

2. (5) freeze, stop dead -- (stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze")

3. (3) freeze -- (be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on")

4. (1) freeze -- (cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food")

5. (1) freeze, suspend -- (stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country")

6. freeze -- (be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo")

7. freeze, freeze out, freeze down -- (change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit")

8. freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise -- (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government")

9. freeze -- (anesthetize by cold)

10. freeze -- (suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband")



Overview of adj frozen



The adj frozen has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (2) frozen -- (turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook")

2. (2) frozen, rooted, stock-still -- (absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment")

3. (1) frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry -- (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")

4. frozen -- (not thawed)

5. flash-frozen, quick-frozen, frozen -- ((used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods")

6. frozen -- (not convertible to cash; "frozen assets")

7. fixed, frozen -- (incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes")

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