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cold
(k/oU/ld )

adjective (a)

  • having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration(adj.all)
    Example:
    A cold climate.
    A cold room.
    Dinner has gotten cold.
    Cold fingers.
    If you are cold, turn up the heat.
    A cold beer.
    Antonym:
    hot
    source: wordnet30
  • extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion(adj.all)
    Example:
    A cold unfriendly nod.
    A cold and unaffectionate person.
    A cold impersonal manner.
    Cold logic.
    The concert left me cold.
    source: wordnet30
  • Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)(noun.state)
    Example:
    Will they never find a cure for the common cold?.
    Synonym:
    common cold
    source: wordnet30
  • the absence of heat(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The coldness made our breath visible.
    Come in out of the cold.
    Cold is a vasoconstrictor.
    Synonym:
    coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature
    Antonym:
    heat, high temperature, hotness
    source: wordnet30
  • the sensation produced by low temperatures(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He shivered from the cold.
    The cold helped clear his head.
    Synonym:
    coldness
    source: wordnet30
  • The relative absence of heat or warmth.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • having lost freshness through passage of time(adj.all)
    Example:
    A cold trail.
    Dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.
    source: wordnet30
  • (color) giving no sensation of warmth(adj.all)
    Example:
    A cold bluish grey.
    source: wordnet30
  • marked by errorless familiarity(adj.all)
    Example:
    Had her lines cold before rehearsals started.
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    dusty, moth-eaten, stale
    source: wordnet30
  • so intense as to be almost uncontrollable(adj.all)
    Example:
    Cold fury gripped him.
    source: wordnet30
  • sexually unresponsive(adj.all)
    Example:
    Was cold to his advances.
    Synonym:
    frigid
    source: wordnet30
  • without compunction or human feeling(adj.all)
    Example:
    In cold blood.
    Cold-blooded killing.
    Synonym:
    cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
    source: wordnet30
  • feeling or showing no enthusiasm(adj.all)
    Example:
    A cold audience.
    A cold response to the new play.
    source: wordnet30
  • unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication(adj.all)
    Example:
    The boxer was out cold.
    Pass out cold.
    source: wordnet30
  • of a seeker; far from the object sought(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking the warmth of life(adj.all)
    Example:
    Cold in his grave.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To become cold.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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