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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
a cold room
dinner has gotten cold
cold fingers
if you are cold, turn up the heat
a cold beer
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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
3.
having lost freshness through passage of time
a cold trail
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
4.
(color) giving no sensation of warmth
a cold bluish grey
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marked by errorless familiarity
had her lines cold before rehearsals started
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no longer new; uninteresting
cold news
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so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
cold fury gripped him
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sexually unresponsive
was cold to his advances
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without compunction or human feeling
in cold blood
cold-blooded killing
10.
feeling or showing no enthusiasm
a cold audience
a cold response to the new play
11.
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
the boxer was out cold
pass out cold
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of a seeker; far from the object sought
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lacking the warmth of life
cold in his grave
'cold' - used as a noun
14.
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
will they never find a cure for the common cold?
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the absence of heat
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictor
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the sensation produced by low temperatures
he shivered from the cold
the cold helped clear his head
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1. Cold / Plural
colds
2. Cold / Comparitive
colder
3. Cold / Superlative
coldest
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