Cold

[kəʊld] or [kold]

Definition

(noun.) the sensation produced by low temperatures; 'he shivered from the cold'; 'the cold helped clear his head'.

(noun.) a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); 'will they never find a cure for the common cold?'.

(adj.) lacking the warmth of life; 'cold in his grave' .

(adj.) of a seeker; far from the object sought .

(adj.) unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; 'the boxer was out cold'; 'pass out cold' .

(adj.) feeling or showing no enthusiasm; 'a cold audience'; 'a cold response to the new play' .

(adj.) having lost freshness through passage of time; 'a cold trail'; 'dogs attempting to catch a cold scent' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) without compunction or human feeling; 'in cold blood'; 'cold-blooded killing'; 'insensate destruction' .

(adj.) sexually unresponsive; 'was cold to his advances'; 'a frigid woman' .

(adj.) so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; 'cold fury gripped him' .

(adj.) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; 'moth-eaten theories about race'; 'stale news' .

(adj.) marked by errorless familiarity; 'had her lines cold before rehearsals started' .

(adj.) (color) giving no sensation of warmth; 'a cold bluish grey' .

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Definition

(n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

(n.) Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

(n.) Not pungent or acrid.

(n.) Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

(n.) Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.

(n.) Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

(n.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

(n.) Not sensitive; not acute.

(n.) Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

(n.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.

(n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth.

(n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

(n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

(v. i.) To become cold.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Frigid, GELID, cool, not warm, not hot.[2]. Bleak, raw, biting, cutting, nipping, frosty, icy, wintry, hyemal, brumal.[3]. Chilly, chill, shivering.[4]. Apathetic, phlegmatic, stoical, unfeeling, unsusceptible, unimpressible, passionless, cold-blooded, sluggish, torpid, lukewarm, dead, indifferent, unconcerned.[5]. Unaffecting, uninteresting.

n. [1]. Absence of warmth, privation of heat.[2]. Coldness, chilliness.[3]. Catarrh, cough (or other inflammatory disease produced by exposure to cold).

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See FRIGID]

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Definition

adj. the opposite of hot: shivering: without passion or zeal: spiritless: unfriendly: indifferent: reserved.—n. a relative want of sensible heat: the feeling or sensation caused by the absence of heat: coldness: a spell of cold weather: a disease caused by cold a catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory organs usually accompanied by hoarseness and coughing: catarrh: chillness.—adj. Cold′-blood′ed having cold blood as fishes: without feeling: hard-hearted—of persons or actions.—adv. Cold′-blood′edly.—ns. Cold′-blood′edness; Cold′-Chis′el a strong and finely-tempered chisel for cutting cold metal as distinguished from a blacksmith's chisel for cutting hot iron; Cold′-cream the name applied to a creamy ointment usually made of almond-oil spermaceti white wax and rose-water used as a cooling dressing for the skin.—adjs. Cold′-heart′ed wanting feeling: indifferent; Cold′ish somewhat cold.—adv. Coldly.—ns. Cold′ness; Cold′-pig (coll.) the application of cold water to wake a person.—adj. Cold′-short brittle when cold: (fig.) of the temper.—ns. Cold′-wat′er water at its natural temperature; Cold′-without′ brandy with cold water and no sugar.—Cold as charity a proverbial phrase expressing ironically great coldness or indifference.—Catch cold Take cold to acquire the malady—a cold.—Give the cold shoulder to show indifference: to give a rebuff.—In cold blood with deliberate intent not under the influence of passion.—Leave out in the cold to neglect ignore.—Throw cold water on to discourage.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of suffering from cold, you are warned to look well to your affairs. There are enemies at work to destroy you. Your health is also menaced.

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Examples

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