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   cold

   /kəʊld/

   adjective

   • 1. of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body: "a freezing cold day" Similar chillycoolfreezingicysnowyicy-coldglacialwintrycrispfrostyfrigidbitterbitterly coldbitingpiercingnumbingsharprawpolararcticSiberianinformal:nippybrass monkeysparkyBalticliterary:chillrare:hyperboreanborealhibernalhiemalgelidbrumalOpposite hot
   • ▪ (of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold: "she was cold, and I put some more wood on the fire" Similar chillychilledcoolfreezingfrozenfrozen stifffrozen/chilled to the bone/marrowshiverynumbedbenumbedsuffering from hypothermiahypothermicsuffering from exposureOpposite hot
   • ▪ (of food or drink) served or consumed without being heated or after cooling: "a cold drink"
   • ▪ feeling or characterized by fear or horror: "a cold shiver of fear"
   • ▪ unconscious: informal "she was out cold"
   • ▪ dead: "lying cold and stiff in a coffin"
   • 2. lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional: "how cold and calculating he was" Similar unfriendlycoolinhospitableunwelcomingunsympatheticforbiddingstonyfrigidfrostyglaciallukewarmhaughtysuperciliousdisdainfulaloofdistantremoteindifferentreservedwithdrawnuncommunicativeunresponsiveunfeelingunemotionaldispassionatepassionlesswoodenimpersonalformalstiffausterecold-bloodedcold-heartedstony-heartedinformal:stand-offishoffishrare:gelidOpposite warmfriendly
   • ▪ not affected by emotion; objective: "cold statistics"
   • ▪ sexually unresponsive; frigid: "Elise was cold and barren"
   • ▪ depressing or dispiriting; not suggestive of warmth: "a cold light streamed through the window"
   • ▪ (of a colour) containing pale blue or grey.
   • 3. (of the scent or trail of a hunted person or animal) no longer fresh and easy to follow: "the trail went cold"
   • ▪ (in children's games) far from finding or guessing what is sought.
   • 4. without preparation or rehearsal: "they went into the test cold"
   • ▪ at one's mercy: informal "they had him cold"

   noun

   • 1. a low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment: "my teeth chattered with the cold"
   • 2. a common infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, and a sore throat: "Suzie's got a cold"

   adverb

   • 1. completely; entirely: informal North American "we stopped cold behind a turn in the staircase"

   Word Origin Old Englishcald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. coldish adjective

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   Dec 28, 2020 · having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day. Synonyms: freezing, frozen, gelid, frigid. Antonyms: hot. feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold. having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands.

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