cold
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[edit] English
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| didn't | natural | laid | #517: cold | led | low | American |
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /kəʊld/, SAMPA: /k@Uld/
- (US) enPR: kōld, IPA: /koʊld/, SAMPA: /koUld/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -əʊld
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Adjective
cold (comparative colder, superlative coldest)
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- (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
- A cold wind whistled through the trees.
- (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
- The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
- She was so cold she was shivering.
- Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
- She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
- Completely unprepared; without introduction.
- He was assigneded cold calls for the first three months.
- Deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness
- I knocked him out cold.
[edit] Synonyms
- (of a thing, having a low temperature): chilled, chilly, freezing, frigid, glacial, icy, cool
- (of the weather): (UK, slang) brass monkeys, nippy, parky, taters
- (of a person or animal):
- (unfriendly): aloof, distant, hostile, standoffish, unfriendly, unwelcoming
- (unprepared): unprepared, unready
[edit] Antonyms
- (having a low temperature): baking, boiling, heated, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, warm
- (of the weather): hot (See the corresponding synonyms of hot.)
- (of a person or animal): hot (See the corresponding synonyms of hot.)
- (unfriendly): amiable, friendly, welcoming
- (unprepared): prepared, primed, ready
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the adjective cold
[edit] Translations
having a low temperature
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of the weather
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of a person
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unfriendly
unprepared
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- Breton: yen (1, 2)
- Chinese Characters: 冷; 寒; 凚; 凍, 冻; 滄, 沧; 隂; 凔; 凄, 淒; 凓
- Malayalam: തണുത്ത, ഇളം ചാരനിറമുളള, കഠിനമായ, ബോധമില്ലാത്ത, ശീതളമായ, സന്തോഷമില്ലാത്ത
[edit] Noun
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cold (plural colds)
- A condition of low temperature.
- Come in, out of the cold.
- (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.
[edit] Synonyms
- (low temperature): coldness
- (illness): coryza, common cold, head cold
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun cold
[edit] Translations
low temperature
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illness
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[edit] Adverb
cold (comparative more cold, superlative most cold)
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Comparative |
Superlative |
- While at low temperature.
- The steel was processed cold.
- Without preparation.
- The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
- With finality.
- I knocked him out cold.

