cold

adjective

  1. 1

    lacking the warmth of life

    cold in his grave

  2. 2

    of a seeker; far from the object sought

  3. 3

    unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

    the boxer was out cold

    pass out cold

  4. 4

    feeling or showing no enthusiasm

    a cold audience

    a cold response to the new play

  5. 5

    having lost freshness through passage of time

    a cold trail

    dogs attempting to catch a cold scent

  6. 6

    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

  7. 7

    extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

    a cold unfriendly nod

    a cold and unaffectionate person

  8. 8

    without compunction or human feeling

    in cold blood

    cold-blooded killing

  9. 9

    sexually unresponsive

    was cold to his advances

    a frigid woman

noun

  1. 1

    the absence of heat

    the coldness made our breath visible

    come in out of the cold

  2. 2

    the sensation produced by low temperatures

    he shivered from the cold

    the cold helped clear his head

  3. 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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