Cold - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəʊld|  American pronunciation of the word cold
Brit.  |kəʊld|  British pronunciation of the word cold

noun

- a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
will they never find a cure for the common cold?
- the absence of heat (syn: coldness, frigidity)
the coldness made our breath visible
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictor
- the sensation produced by low temperatures (syn: coldness)
he shivered from the cold
the cold helped clear his head

adjective

- having lost freshness through passage of time
a cold trail
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
- (color) giving no sensation of warmth
a cold bluish grey
- marked by errorless familiarity
had her lines cold before rehearsals started
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new (syn: dusty, moth-eaten, stale)
- so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
cold fury gripped him
- sexually unresponsive (syn: frigid)
was cold to his advances
- without compunction or human feeling (syn: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate)
in cold blood
cold-blooded killing
- feeling or showing no enthusiasm
a cold audience
a cold response to the new play
- unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
the boxer was out cold
pass out cold
- of a seeker; far from the object sought
- lacking the warmth of life
cold in his grave

Extra examples

The water was too cold for swimming.

The weather has been unusually cold this spring.

It was a long, cold winter.

It's cold outside, but the wind makes it feel even colder.

It's bitterly cold out there!

Are you cold? I could turn up the temperature if you'd like.

He ate cold pizza for breakfast.

I mind cold more than heat.

They died of exposure to cold.

The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.

I stood there shivering in the cold.

He waited outside for her in the bitter cold.

Come in out of the cold.

It's not the flu, it's just a cold.

She was asked to perform the song cold.

Word forms

noun
singular: cold
plural: colds
adjective
comparative: colder
superlative: coldest
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