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Cold

kəʊld

Cold definitions
adjective
cold colder coldest
  1. of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body

    "a freezing cold day"

    • (of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold

      "she was cold, and I put some more wood on the fire"

    • (of food or drink) served or consumed without being heated or after cooling

      "a cold drink"

    • feeling or characterized by fear or horror

      "a cold shiver of fear"

    • unconscious

      "she was out cold"

    • dead

      "lying cold and stiff in a coffin"

  2. lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional

    "how cold and calculating he was"

    • not affected by emotion; objective

      "cold statistics"

    • sexually unresponsive
    • depressing or dispiriting; not suggestive of warmth

      "a cold light streamed through the window"

  3. (of a colour) containing pale blue or grey
  4. (of the scent or trail of a hunted person or animal) no longer fresh and easy to follow

    "the trail went cold"

    • (in children's games) far from finding or guessing what is sought
  5. without preparation or rehearsal

    "they went into the test cold"

    • at one's mercy

      "they had him cold"

noun
cold colds
  1. a low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment

    "my teeth chattered with the cold"

  2. a common infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, and a sore throat

    "Suzie's got a cold"

    cold dose of flu dose of influenza respiratory infection viral infection virus
adverb
cold
  1. completely; entirely

    "we stopped cold behind a turn in the staircase"

    by surprise unexpectedly without warning suddenly abruptly unprepared off-guard cold