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Quick definitions from WordNet (cold)
▸ noun: the sensation produced by low temperatures ("He shivered from the cold")
▸ 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?")
▸ noun: the absence of heat ("The coldness made our breath visible")
▸ adjective: used of physical coldness; 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")
▸ adjective: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion ("A cold unfriendly nod")
▸ adjective: without compunction or human feeling ("In cold blood")
▸ adjective: sexually unresponsive ("Was cold to his advances")
▸ adjective: so intense as to be almost uncontrollable ("Cold fury gripped him")
▸ adjective: no longer new; uninteresting ("Cold (or stale) news")
▸ adjective: marked by errorless familiarity ("Had her lines cold before rehearsals started")
▸ adjective: (color) giving no sensation of warmth ("A cold bluish gray")
▸ adjective: lacking the warmth of life ("Cold in his grave")
▸ adjective: of a seeker; far from the object sought
▸ adjective: unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication ("The boxer was out cold")
▸ adjective: feeling or showing no enthusiasm ("A cold audience")
▸ adjective: having lost freshness through passage of time ("A cold trail")
▸ Also see colds
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to cold
▸ Usage examples for cold
▸ Idioms related to cold (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing cold
▸ Popular nouns described by cold
▸ Words that often appear near cold
▸ Rhymes of cold
▸ Invented words related to cold
▸ noun: the sensation produced by low temperatures ("He shivered from the cold")
▸ 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?")
▸ noun: the absence of heat ("The coldness made our breath visible")
▸ adjective: used of physical coldness; 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")
▸ adjective: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion ("A cold unfriendly nod")
▸ adjective: without compunction or human feeling ("In cold blood")
▸ adjective: sexually unresponsive ("Was cold to his advances")
▸ adjective: so intense as to be almost uncontrollable ("Cold fury gripped him")
▸ adjective: no longer new; uninteresting ("Cold (or stale) news")
▸ adjective: marked by errorless familiarity ("Had her lines cold before rehearsals started")
▸ adjective: (color) giving no sensation of warmth ("A cold bluish gray")
▸ adjective: lacking the warmth of life ("Cold in his grave")
▸ adjective: of a seeker; far from the object sought
▸ adjective: unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication ("The boxer was out cold")
▸ adjective: feeling or showing no enthusiasm ("A cold audience")
▸ adjective: having lost freshness through passage of time ("A cold trail")
▸ Also see colds
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to cold
▸ Usage examples for cold
▸ Idioms related to cold (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing cold
▸ Popular nouns described by cold
▸ Words that often appear near cold
▸ Rhymes of cold
▸ Invented words related to cold