cold

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old English cald

[edit] Adjective

cold (comparative colder, superlative coldest)

Positive
cold

Comparative
colder

Superlative
coldest
  1. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
    A cold wind whistled through the trees.
  2. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
    The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
  3. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
    She was so cold she was shivering.
  4. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
    She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
  5. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
    He was assigneded cold calls for the first three months.
  6. Deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness
    I knocked him out cold.
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Terms derived from the adjective cold

[edit] Translations

having a low temperature
of the weather
  • French: (to be cold): faire froid fr(fr) (idiom in French; there is no translation for the adjective alone)
  • Greek, Modern: (it is cold): κάνει κρύο el(el) (kánei krúo) (idiom in Greek; there is no translation for the adjective alone)
of a person
  • French: (to be cold): avoir froid fr(fr) (idiom in French; there is no translation for the adjective alone)
  • Italian: (to be cold): avere freddo it(it) (idiom in Italian; there is no translation for the adjective alone)
unfriendly
unprepared
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[edit] Noun

Singular
cold

Plural
colds

cold (plural colds)

  1. A condition of low temperature.
    Come in, out of the cold.
  2. (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
    I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week.

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Terms derived from the noun cold

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low temperature
illness

[edit] Adverb

cold (comparative more cold, superlative most cold)

Positive
cold

Comparative
more cold

Superlative
most cold
  1. While at low temperature.
    The steel was processed cold.
  2. Without preparation.
    The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
  3. With finality.
    I knocked him out cold.

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