cold

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cold

A child shivers from the cold while building a snowman.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Having a low temperature; not warm: Refers to a low degree of heat or a sensation of low temperature.
    • Lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional: Describes a person, manner, or response that is unfriendly, indifferent, or not enthusiastic.
    • Without preparation or rehearsal; perfect or certain: Used to describe knowledge or performance that is mastered completely.
    • (Of a color) Giving an impression of coolness: Typically refers to colors like blue, grey, or green.
    • (Of the scent in hunting) Faint; hard to follow: Describes a trail or scent that is old and weak.
    • Unconscious: Used informally to mean completely unconscious.

  2. Noun:

    • Low temperature, especially in the atmosphere; cold weather; the sensation produced by low temperature: Refers to the state or condition of being cold.
    • A common viral infection in which the mucous membranes of the nose and throat become inflamed: The illness known as the common cold.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • Please close the window; I'm cold. (Describing a physical sensation of low temperature.)
    • She gave him a cold stare and turned away. (Describing an unfriendly, unemotional manner.)
    • The actor had his lines cold before the first rehearsal. (Describing perfect, memorized knowledge.)
    • The room was painted in cold, bluish-grey tones. (Describing a cool color.)
    • The detective was following a cold trail. (Describing an old, faint clue.)
    • After the accident, he was out cold for several minutes. (Describing an unconscious state.)

  • Noun:

    • He shivered from the intense cold. (Referring to low temperature.)
    • Don't go outside without a coat; you'll catch a cold. (Referring to the illness.)
Advanced Usage
  • "in cold blood": Acting deliberately and without emotion, especially in a cruel act.
    • The murder was committed in cold blood.
  • "to leave someone cold": To fail to interest or excite someone.
    • The scientific lecture left me cold.
  • "to get/have cold feet": To suddenly become nervous or afraid to do something planned.
    • He got cold feet and canceled the wedding.
Variants and Related Words
  • Coldly (adverb): In a cold, unfriendly, or unemotional manner.
    • She spoke coldly to the stranger.
  • Coldness (noun): The state or quality of being cold, either in temperature or emotion.
    • The coldness of his reply was shocking.
  • Cold-blooded (adjective): Having a body temperature that varies with the environment (zoology); or, without emotion or pity; cruel.
    • Reptiles are cold-blooded animals. / It was a cold-blooded crime.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (temperature): Chilly, frigid, icy, frosty, cool.
  • Adjective (emotion): Unfriendly, aloof, indifferent, unemotional, frigid.
  • Noun (illness): Common cold, rhinovirus infection, head cold.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
  • "to cold-call": To telephone someone you have never met to try to sell them something.
    • His job is to cold-call potential customers.
  • "to cold-shoulder" (verb): To treat someone in an unfriendly way, ignoring them.
    • After the argument, she cold-shouldered him for a week.
Related Idioms
  • "to pour/throw cold water on something": To criticize or discourage an idea or plan.
    • She threw cold water on our proposal to start a new project.
  • "out in the cold": Excluded from a group or activity; ignored.
    • When the teams were chosen, I was left out in the cold.
  • "as cold as ice": Extremely cold in temperature or demeanor.
    • Her hands were as cold as ice. / His expression was as cold as ice.
cold

A child shivers from the cold while building a snowman.

Adjective
  1. lacking the warmth of life
    • cold in his grave
  2. of a seeker; far from the object sought
  3. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
    • the boxer was out cold
    • pass out cold
  4. feeling or showing no enthusiasm
    • a cold audience
    • a cold response to the new play
  5. without compunction or human feeling
    • in cold blood
    • cold-blooded killing
    • insensate destruction
  6. sexually unresponsive
    • was cold to his advances
    • a frigid woman
  7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
    • cold fury gripped him
  8. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
    • moth-eaten theories about race
    • stale news
  9. marked by errorless familiarity
    • had her lines cold before rehearsals started
  10. (color) giving no sensation of warmth
    • a cold bluish grey
  11. having lost freshness through passage of time
    • a cold trail
    • dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
  12. extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
    • a cold unfriendly nod
    • a cold and unaffectionate person
    • a cold impersonal manner
    • cold logic
    • the concert left me cold
  13. having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
    • a cold climate
    • a cold room
    • dinner has gotten cold
    • cold fingers
    • if you are cold, turn up the heat
    • a cold beer
Noun
  1. the sensation produced by low temperatures
    • he shivered from the cold
    • the cold helped clear his head
  2. the absence of heat
    • the coldness made our breath visible
    • come in out of the cold
    • cold is a vasoconstrictor
  3. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
    • will they never find a cure for the common cold?

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