frozen
Because it is a word with a single syllable, frozen is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions offrozen
- Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
Example: "The lake froze solid."
- To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
Example: "Don't freeze meat twice."
- To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
Example: "It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh."
- To be affected by extreme cold.
Example: "Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!"
- (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
Example: "Since the last update, the program freezes / freezes up after a few minutes of use."
- (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
Example: "Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze up as soon as I got on stage."
- To cause someone to become motionless.
- To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
Example: "Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances."
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
Example: "The court froze the criminal's bank account."
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
Example: "The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years."
- Immobilized.
Example: "I just stood frozen as the robber pointed at me with his gun."
- (of a bank account or assets) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
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