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Adjective

1. Of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body.

it's cold outside

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2. (of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold.

I was really cold and wet by the time we got to the cafe.

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3. (of food or drink) served or consumed without being heated or after cooling.

serve hot or cold

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4. Feeling or characterized by fear or horror.

a cold shiver of fear

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5. Unconscious.

He slides down the wood beam, out cold but still juddering.

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6. Dead.

Neither of us said a word as we watched the bright flame devour the cold, stiff copse of our dead son.

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7. Lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional.

how cold and calculating he was

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8. Not affected by emotion; objective.

cold statistics

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9. Sexually unresponsive; frigid.

Elise was cold and barren

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10. Depressing or dispiriting; not suggestive of warmth.

He then walks out of the antiseptic and cold room, closing the door behind him.

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11. (of a colour) containing pale blue or grey.

Some people think blue is a cold colour, but it doesn't have to be.

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12. (of the scent or trail of a hunted person or animal) no longer fresh and easy to follow.

Most of the abductees never return and the trail grows cold.

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13. (in children's games) far from finding or guessing what is sought.
14. Without preparation or rehearsal.

they went into the test cold

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15. At one's mercy.

they had him cold

Noun

1. A low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment.

my teeth chattered with the cold

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2. A common infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, and a sore throat.

a bad cold

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Adverb

1. Completely; entirely.

The mud gets so thick and sticky that the clumps in my V-brakes stop my wheels cold.

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Origin

1. Old English cald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’.

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