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