cold
IPA: kˈoʊɫd
noun
- A condition of low temperature.
- (with 'the', figurative) A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
- (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
- (slang) rheum, sleepy dust
- (computing) Acronym of computer output to laser disc.
adjective
- (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
- (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
- Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
- Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
- Completely unprepared; without introduction.
- Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
- (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.
- (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered; done for.
- (slang) Cool, impressive.
- (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
- (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
- Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
- (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
- Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
- (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
- (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
- (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.
- (informal) Not radioactive.
- (firearms) Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.
- Without electrical power being supplied.
adverb
- At a low temperature.
- Without preparation.
- (slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
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Examples of "cold" in Sentences
- Summer is moderate and the winter is chilling cold.
- The summers are faintly warm and the winters are cold.
- In the winter, the city can get bitterly cold and dry.
- The species is cold adapted and hibernates in the winter.
- The weather was cold and later changed to sleet and snow.
- Anticyclone forms above the cold continent during winter.
- The summers were hot and dusty, the winters cold and wet.
- Because of the bitter cold and snow, she suffered frostbite.
- The summers are hot and merciless, the winters cold and damp.
- The climate is mild in the summer to moderately cold in the winters.