cold

A1
Pronunciation
/kɔʊld/
/koʊld/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

A condition of low temperature.

Example Sentences
  • Come in, out of the cold.
2 Definition

(with 'the') A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

Example Sentences
  • The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
3 Definition

A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

Example Sentences
  • I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
4 Definition

Rheum, sleepy dust

Adjective
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

Example Sentences
  • A cold wind whistled through the trees.
2 Definition

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

Example Sentences
  • The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
3 Definition

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

Example Sentences
  • She was so cold she was shivering.
4 Definition

Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

Example Sentences
  • She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
5 Definition

Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

Example Sentences
  • He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.
6 Definition

Completely unprepared; without introduction.

Example Sentences
  • He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
7 Definition

Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

Example Sentences
  • After one more beer he passed out cold.
8 Definition

(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

Example Sentences
  • Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.
9 Definition

(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.

Example Sentences
  • Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.
10 Definition

Not pungent or acrid.

11 Definition

Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

12 Definition

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

Example Sentences
  • a cold scent
13 Definition

Not sensitive; not acute.

14 Definition

Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

Example Sentences
  • You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!
15 Definition

Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

16 Definition

Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

17 Definition

Without compassion; heartless; ruthless

Example Sentences
  • I can't believe she said that...that was cold!
Adverb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

While at low temperature.

Example Sentences
  • The steel was processed cold.
2 Definition

Without preparation.

Example Sentences
  • The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
3 Definition

With finality.

Example Sentences
  • I knocked him out cold.
4 Definition

In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.