FROZE
What does "FROZE" mean?
Past tense of freeze: turned to ice, or became suddenly motionless.
Meanings
- Changed from liquid to solid because of cold, or became covered in ice. The pond froze solid enough to skate on by January.
- Became suddenly and completely still, often from fear or shock. She froze when the floorboard creaked behind her.
- Stopped functioning and became unresponsive, as a computer or screen. The video froze right at the most important moment. informal
Word origin
Past tense of 'freeze', from Old English 'freosan', from a Proto-Indo-European root 'preus-' meaning to freeze or burn — the same root sense behind frost and the Latin 'pruina', hoarfrost.
Remember it
FROZE is FROZen with the final N knocked off by the cold - even the word lost a letter to the chill.
A little poem
The lake gave up its restless skin,
the deer mid-step turned into stone -
winter teaching the world to hold.
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Wordplay
- My computer and the lake had the same January. Both completely froze.
What it teaches
Cold and fear share one verb for a reason; both stop the thing that was moving and call it safety.
Quick facts
What does FROZE mean?
Past tense of freeze: turned to ice, or became suddenly motionless.
Is FROZE a valid word?
Yes — FROZE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FROZE?
FROZE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FROZE come from?
Past tense of 'freeze', from Old English 'freosan', from a Proto-Indo-European root 'preus-' meaning to freeze or burn — the same root sense behind frost and the Latin 'pruina', hoarfrost.
What can FROZE teach us?
Cold and fear share one verb for a reason; both stop the thing that was moving and call it safety.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.