Definition of "froze" []

• Past tense of freeze. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "“They look like—” His expression froze and he looked from Caitlyn to MacLean, then back to the map upon the table."
• "Her expression froze into a kind of stiffness when she found herself looking into the almond-shaped eyes of Rachel Goldman."
• "Her expression froze, first with a glimmer of delight and then quickly with a look of annoyance."