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Meaning of 'cold' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cold [ n.]
- Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
- Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
- Not pungent or acrid.
- Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
- Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
- Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
- Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
- Not sensitive; not acute.
- Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
- Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
- The relative absence of heat or warmth.
- The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
- A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
2 . Cold [ v. i.]
- To become cold.

Meaning of 'cold' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cold [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the absence of heat
Example in sentence:
  • cold is a vasoconstrictor;
  • come in out of the cold;
  • the coldness made our breath visible
Meaning (2):
- the sensation produced by low temperatures
Example in sentence:
  • he shivered from the cold;
  • the cold helped clear his head
Meaning (3):
- a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
Example in sentence:
  • will they never find a cure for the common cold?
4 . cold [ a]
Meaning (4):
- extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
Example in sentence:
  • a cold and unaffectionate person;
  • a cold impersonal manner;
  • a cold unfriendly nod;
  • cold logic;
  • the concert left me cold
Meaning (5):
- having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
Example in sentence:
  • a cold beer;
  • a cold climate;
  • a cold room;
  • cold fingers;
  • dinner has gotten cold;
  • if you are cold, turn up the heat
6 . cold [ s]
Meaning (6):
- feeling or showing no enthusiasm
Example in sentence:
  • a cold audience;
  • a cold response to the new play
Meaning (7):
- (color) giving no sensation of warmth
Example in sentence:
  • a cold bluish grey
Meaning (8):
- having lost freshness through passage of time
Example in sentence:
  • a cold trail;
  • dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
Meaning (9):
- sexually unresponsive
Example in sentence:
  • a frigid woman;
  • was cold to his advances
Meaning (10):
- so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
Example in sentence:
  • cold fury gripped him
Meaning (11):
- lacking the warmth of life
Example in sentence:
  • cold in his grave
Meaning (12):
- without compunction or human feeling
Example in sentence:
  • cold-blooded killing;
  • in cold blood;
  • insensate destruction
Meaning (13):
- marked by errorless familiarity
Example in sentence:
  • had her lines cold before rehearsals started
Meaning (14):
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Example in sentence:
  • moth-eaten theories about race;
  • stale news
Meaning (15):
- unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
Example in sentence:
  • pass out cold;
  • the boxer was out cold

Nearby Words:

col col- colaborer colander colation colatitude colature colbertine colchicine colchicum

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