1. (noun)cold, common cold a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
"will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
2. (noun)coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness the absence of heat
"the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
3. (noun)cold, coldness the sensation produced by low temperatures
"he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
4. (adj)cold 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"
5. (adj)cold 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"
6. (adj)cold having lost freshness through passage of time
"a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
7. (adj)cold (color) giving no sensation of warmth
"a cold bluish grey"
8. (adj)cold marked by errorless familiarity
"had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
9. (adj)cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
"moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
10. (adj)cold so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
"cold fury gripped him"
11. (adj)cold, frigid sexually unresponsive
"was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
12. (adj)cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate without compunction or human feeling
"in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
13. (adj)cold feeling or showing no enthusiasm
"a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
14. (adj)cold unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
"the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
15. (adj)cold of a seeker; far from the object sought
16. (adj)cold lacking the warmth of life
"cold in his grave"
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