frozen

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  1. verb Past participle of freeze.
  2. adjective Made into, covered with, or surrounded by ice.
  3. adjective Very cold: the frozen North.
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  • Around it the rebel soldiers stood frozen, their weapons sagging in their hands. —  Spinneret
  • He would stiffen himself and grow pale, frozen, and pretend not to take any interest in music. —  Jean-Christophe, Vol. I
  • The scenery was spectacular-- frozen falls shooting down from steep, high cliffs, crevices packed with solid ice. —  Judge and Jury
  • The elves remained frozen, afraid to move, afraid to break the spell. —  Death Gate Cycle 2 - Elven Star
  • Don't do it, Cogan He paused, frozen, his finger on the button. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 02 - February 1996
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  1. from Middle English frosen (= Danish frossen = Swedish frusen), a later form (accommodation to the preterit and infinitive with s) of froren, from Anglo-Saxon froren, past participle of freósan, freeze: see freeze, and frore, froren.
 

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