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cold
(k/oU/ld
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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.
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?.
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.
source: wordnet30 - the sensation produced by low temperatures(noun.cognition)Example:
He shivered from the cold.
The cold helped clear his head.
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)source: wordnet30
- so intense as to be almost uncontrollable(adj.all)Example:
Cold fury gripped him.
source: wordnet30 - without compunction or human feeling(adj.all)Example:
In cold blood.
Cold-blooded killing.
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