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| cold [ kōld ] |
adjective (comparative colder, superlative coldest) |
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1. at low temperature: at or with a relatively low, uncomfortably low, or unusually low temperature
  The weather turned colder.
a cold drink
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2. making place seem cooler: giving a place a feeling of coolness rather than warmth
Blue is a cold color.
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3. cooked hot then cooled: cooked or prepared as a hot food and then cooled
Serve the pie cold, with ice cream.
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4. taciturn and emotionless: showing no emotion, sympathy, or kindness
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5. unfriendly and uncaring: feeling or exhibiting no friendship or sense of caring
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6. strong but controlled: intense but expressed or shown in a controlled way
cold fury
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7. sexually frigid: giving or feeling no sexual response
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8. hard to follow: no longer recent or fresh and so difficult to track or follow
The trail had gone cold.
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9. not near object of search: not close to the correct answer or to something being searched for
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informal
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10. dead: dead, especially from a long time before
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11. metallurgy processed at low temperature: processed at a temperature below that at which recrystallization takes place
cold working of steel
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noun (plural colds) |
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1. viral infection of nose and throat: a viral infection of the nose, throat, and bronchial tubes, characterized by sneezing, nasal congestion, coughing, and headaches
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2. cold weather: low-temperature weather or conditions
The cold made me shiver.
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3. condition caused by low temperature: the state or condition of being subjected to low temperatures
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adverb (comparative colder, superlative coldest) |
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1. extemporaneously: without any preparation
sang the part cold
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2. completely: completely and without any possibility of a change of mind
turned the proposal down cold
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| [ Old English c(e)ald< Indo-European] |
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| cold·ish adjective |
| cold·ness noun |
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blow hot and cold to display wide extremes of attitude or mood
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come or be brought in from the cold to be allowed to take part in something after being previously excluded
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leave somebody cold to fail to impress or excite somebody
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out in the cold ignored or denied benefits that other people are getting
The new funding proposals would leave us out in the cold.
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out cold unconscious or in a deep sleep (informal)
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