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cold  (kld)

adj. cold·er, cold·est

1.

a. Having a low temperature.

b. Having a temperature lower than normal body temperature.

c. Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled.

2.

a. Marked by deficient heat: a cold room.

b. Being at a temperature that is less than what is required: cold oatmeal.

c. Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer.

3. Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic.

4. Having no appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor.

5.

a. Not affectionate or friendly; aloof: a cold person; a cold nod.

b. Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play; a concert that left me cold.

c. Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.

6. Designating a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.

7. Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time: dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.

8.

a. Marked by or sustaining a loss of body heat: cold hands and feet.

b. Appearing to be dead; unconscious.

c. Dead: was cold in his grave.

9. Marked by unqualified certainty or sure familiarity.

10. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable: cold fury.

11. Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity: The team fell into a slump of cold shooting.

adv.

1. To an unqualified degree; totally: was cold sober.

2. With complete finality: We turned him down cold.

3. Without advance preparation or introduction: took the exam cold and passed; walked in cold and got the new job.

n.

1.

a. Relative lack of warmth.

b. The sensation resulting from lack of warmth; chill.

2. A condition of low air temperature; cold weather: went out into the cold and got a chill.

3. A viral infection characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the upper respiratory passages and usually accompanied by malaise, fever, chills, coughing, and sneezing. Also called common cold, coryza.

Idiom:

out in the cold

Lacking benefits given to others; neglected.

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[Middle English, from Old English ceald; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

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coldly adv.

coldness n.

Synonyms: cold, arctic, chilly, cool, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy
These adjectives mean marked by a low or an extremely low temperature: cold air; an arctic climate; a chilly day; cool water; a frigid room; a frosty morning; gelid seas; glacial winds; icy hands.

Antonym: hot

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cold

Adjective

1. low in temperature: the cold March wind, cans of cold beer

2. not hot enough: eat your food before it gets cold!

3. lacking in affection or enthusiasm

4. not affected by emotion: the cold truth

5. dead

6. (of a trail or scent in hunting) faint

7. (of a colour) giving the impression of coldness

8. Slang unconscious

9. Informal (of a seeker) far from the object of a search

10. denoting the contacting of potential customers without previously approaching them to establish their interest: cold mailing

11. cold comfort little or no comfort

12. have or get cold feet to be or become fearful or reluctant

13. in cold blood deliberately and without mercy

14. leave someone cold Informal to fail to excite or impress someone

15. throw cold water on Informal to discourage

Noun

1. the absence of heat

2. a viral infection of the nose and throat characterized by catarrh and sneezing

3. the sensation caused by loss or lack of heat

4. (out) in the cold Informal neglected or ignored

Adverb

Informal unrehearsed or unprepared: he played his part cold [Old English ceald]

coldly adv
coldness n

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Cold

See also climate; heat

algidity

coldness. — algid, adj.

cheimaphobia, cheimatophobia

an abnormal fear or dislike of cold.

cryogenics

the branch of physics that studies the production and effects of very low temperatures. — cryogenic, adj.

cryology

1. the study of snow and ice.
2. the science of refrigeration.

cryometer

a thermometer for measuring very low temperatures.

cryometry

the measurement of extremely low temperatures, by means of a cryometer. — cryometric, adj.

cryophilia

Biology. a preference for low temperatures. — cryophile, n. — cryophilic, adj.

cryophobia

an abnormal fear of ice or frost.

cryoscopy

the study of the freezing points of fluids.

cryosurgery

a surgical technique using freezing to destroy tissue.

gelidity

the state or condition of being extremely cold. — gelid, adj.

horripilation

the raising of the hairs on the skin as a response to cold or fear; goose bumps or goose pimples.

lyophilization

a process for preserving substances such as blood or serum by freeze-drying in a high vacuum.

psychroesthesia

an abnormal condition in which part of the body, though warm, feels cold.

psychrophobia

an abnormal fear of the cold.

rhigosis

a feeling or sensation of coldness.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cold - a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?" common cold communicable disease - a disease that can be communicated from one person to another respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system head cold - a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache rhinorrhea - persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold)
	2.	cold - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" low temperature, frigidity, frigidness, coldness pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor - any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure temperature - the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) chill, gelidity, iciness - coldness due to a cold environment chilliness, coolness, nip - the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning" frostiness - coldness as evidenced by frost cool - the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning"
	3.	cold - the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" coldness temperature - the somatic sensation of cold or heat
Adj.	1.	cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" frozen - turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook" cool - neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
	2.	cold - extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold" passionless - not passionate; "passionless observation of human nature" cool - psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes" hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
	3.	cold - having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent" stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
	4.	cold - (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey" cool - (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets"
	5.	cold - marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started" perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"
	6.	cold - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news" dusty, stale, moth-eaten unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
	7.	cold - so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	8.	cold - sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman" frigid unloving - not giving or reciprocating affection
	9.	cold - without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	10.	cold - feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play" unenthusiastic - not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra"; "unenthusiastic applause"
	11.	cold - unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold" unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
	12.	cold - of a seeker; far from the object sought far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
	13.	cold - lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

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cold

adjective 1. chilly, biting, freezing, bitter, raw, chill, harsh, bleak, arctic, icy, frosty, wintry, frigid, inclement, parky Brit. (informal) cool << OPPOSITE hot

adjective 2. freezing, frozen, chilled, numb, chilly, shivery, benumbed, frozen to the marrow

adjective 3. distant, reserved, indifferent, aloof, glacial, cold-blooded, apathetic, frigid, unresponsive, unfeeling, passionless, undemonstrative, standoffish << OPPOSITE emotional

adjective 4. unfriendly, indifferent, stony, lukewarm, glacial, unmoved, unsympathetic, apathetic, frigid, inhospitable, unresponsive << OPPOSITE friendly

noun 5. coldness, chill, frigidity, chilliness, frostiness, iciness

Translations

cold [kəuld] adj → frío

n → frío;

(MED) → resfriado;

it's cold → hace frío;

to be cold → tener frío;

to catch a cold → coger un catarro, resfriarse, acatarrarse;

in cold blood → a sangre fría;

the room's getting cold → está empezando a hacer frío en la habitación;

to give sb the cold shoulder → tratar a algn con frialdad

cold [kəuld] adj → froid(e)

n → froid m;

(Med) → rhume m;

it's cold → il fait froid;

to be cold [person] → avoir froid;

to catch cold → prendre or attraper froid;

to catch a cold → s'enrhumer, attraper un rhume;

in cold blood → de sang-froid;

to have cold feet → avoir froid aux pieds (fig); avoir la frousse or la trouille;

to give sb the cold shoulder → battre froid à qn

cold [kəuld] adj → kalt;

(unemotional) → kalt, kühl

n → Kälte f;

(Med) → Erkältung f;

it's cold → es ist kalt;

to be/feel cold (person) → frieren;

(object) → kalt sein;

in cold blood → kaltblütig;

to have cold feet (fig) → kalte Füße bekommen;

to give sb the cold shoulder → jdm die kalte Schulter zeigen;

to catch cold, to catch a cold → sich erkälten

cold [kəuld] adj → freddo/a

n → freddo;

(MED) → raffreddore m;

it's cold → fa freddo;

to be cold → aver freddo;

to catch cold → prendere freddo;

to catch a cold → prendere un raffreddore;

in cold blood → a sangue freddo;

to have cold feet → avere i piedi freddi;

(fig) → aver la fifa;

to give sb the cold shoulder → ignorare qn

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cold

adj cold [kəuld]

1 low in temperature cold water; cold meat and salad.koueبارِدстуденstudenýkoldkaltκρύοςfríokülmسردkylmäfroidקָרठंडाhladanhidegdinginkaldurfreddo冷たい차가운šaltas, šaldytasaukstssejukkoudkaldzimnyfrioreceхолодныйstudenýhladenhladankallเย็นsoğuk冷холоднийدرجۂ حرارت میں کمlạnh; nguội冷

2 lower in temperature than is comfortable I feel cold.koudمَقْرورхладенchladnýkold; køligkaltπου κρυώνειfríojaheسردviluinenfroidקָרइतना कम तापमान जिससे दिक्कत होhladan, prozebaohidegdinginkaldurfreddo寒い추운sušalęsaukstssejukkoudkald, kjøligzmarzniętyfriofrigзамёрзшийchladno, zimahladenhladnokall, frusenหนาวเย็นüşümüş寒冷прохолоднийٹھنڈا ، خنکlạnh寒冷

3 unfriendly His manner was cold.koudheid, onvriendelikفاتِر، بارِد الشُّعورнеприветливchladný, neosobníkold; køligkaltψυχρόςfríokalkغیر دوستانهkylmäkiskoinenfroidצוֹנֵןनिरुत्साहhladan, neprijazanhűvösdinginkaldurfreddoよそよそしい냉담한šaltas, nedraugiškasvēss; nelaipns; nejūtīgsdinginkoudkald, kjølig, uvennligzimny, chłodnyfriorece, ne­prietenosнеприветливыйchladnýhladennepristupačankylig, kallเยือกเย็นsoğuk, arkadaşça duygulardan yoksun冷淡的непривітний, сухийبے اعتنائی ، رکھائیlạnh lùng冷淡的

n

1 the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.koueبُرودة ،بُرودَةُ، الشُّعورстудzima, chladkuldedie Kälteκρύο, ψύχοςfríokülm(us)سرماkylmyysfroidקוֹרठंडstuden, hladnoćahidegdinginkuldifreddo寒さ추위, 한기, 냉기šaltisaukstumskesejukankoudekuldechłód, zimnofriofrigхолодchlad, zimamrazhladnoćakyla, köldความหนาวเย็นsoğuk, soğuk hava寒冷холодبے حسیsự lạnh寒冷

2 an illness with running nose, coughing etc He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.verkoueزُكام، رَشِحнастинкаnachlazení, rýmaforkølelsedie Erkältungκρυολόγημα, συνάχιresfriadokülmetusسرماخوردگیvilustuminenrhumeהִצטָנֵנוּתजुकामprehladanáthaselesmakvefraffreddoreかぜ감기peršalimassaaukstēšanāsselsemaverkoudheidforkjølelseprzeziębienieconstipaçãorăcealăпростудаnádchaprehladprehladaförkylningไข้หวัดsoğuk algınlığı感冒застудаزکامcảm lạnh感冒

adv ˈcoldly

in an unfriendly way She looked at me coldly.koudبِبُرود، بِفُتورстуденоchladněkoldt; køligtkaltψυχράfríamentekülmaltبا سردیkylmästifroidementבִּקְרִירוּתबिना उत्साह केhladno, ravnodušnobarátságtalanulsecara dinginkuldalegafreddamente冷たく차갑게, 냉담하게šaltai, nedraugiškaivēsi; nelaipni; nejūtīgigaya dinginkoudkjølig, uvennligchłodnofriamentecu răcealăнеприветливоchladnohladnohladnokyligt, kalltอย่างไร้อารมณ์ความรู้สึกsoğuk soğuk冷淡地холодно; непривітноبے رخی سےlạnh nhạt冷淡地

n ˈcoldness

koueبِبُرودَهстуденинаchlad(nost)kuldedie Kälteψυχρότηταfrialdadkülmusسرماkylmyysfroideurקְרִירוּתउपेक्षाhladnoća, ravnodušnosthidegségdinginkuldi; fálætifreddezza冷たさ차가움, 냉담šaltumas, nedraugiškumasaukstums; vēsums; vienaldzībakesejukanafstandelijkheidkulde; kjølighet, uvennlighetchłódfriezarăcealăнеприветливостьchladhladhladnoćakyla, köld, kallsinnighetความเย็นsoğukluk, duygusuzluk寒冷холод; холодністьبے رخی ، روکھا پنsự lạnh; sự lạnh nhạt寒冷

adj ˌcold-ˈblooded

1 having blood (like that of a fish) which takes the same temperature as the surroundings of the body cold-blooded creatures.koudbloedigeذو دَم بارِدстуденокръвенstudenokrevnýkoldblodetkaltblütigψυχρόαιμοςsangre fría dekõigusoojaneخونسردvaihtolämpöinenà sang froidבַּעֲלֵי דָם קָרअसमतापीhladnokrvanhidegvérűberdarah dinginmeð köldu blóðia sangue freddo冷血の냉혈의šaltakraujisaukstasiņu- (par dzīvnieku)berdarah sejukkoudbloedigkaldblodigzimnokrwistyde sangue friocu sânge receхолоднокровныйstudenokrvnýmrzlokrvenhladne krvikallblodigเกี่ยวกับสัตว์เลือดเย็นsoğukkanlı冷血的холоднокровнийخون کے درجۂ حرارت مین ارد گرد سے مطابقت رکھنے والاے جانورmáu lạnh冷血的

2 cruel and unfeeling cold-blooded murder.koelbloedigقاسٍ، بِدَم بارِدкоравосърдеченchladnokrevnýkoldblodigtkaltblütigσκληρός, ασυγκίνητοςinsensiblekülmaverelineسنگدل؛ بی رحمkylmäverinensans pitiéרֶצַח בְּדָם קָרनिर्दयीhladnokrvanhidegvérűkejamgrimmur, tilfinningalausspietato冷酷な잔인한žiaurusnežēlīgsganaskoelbloedighardhjertet, kaldblodigbezlitosny, okrutnydesalmadofără milăхладнокровныйchladnokrvnýhladnokrvenhladnokrvankallblodigไร้ความปราณีmerhametsiz, acımasız無情的байдужий, нечутливийظام ، سفاکtàn nhẫn无情的

cold war

a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting. koue oorlog, gewapende vredeحَرْبُ بارِدَهпол. студена войнаstudená válkakold krigKalter Kriegψυχρός πόλεμοςguerra fríakülm sõdaجنگ سردkylmä sotaguerre froideמִלחֲמָה קָרָהशीतयुद्धhladni rathidegháborúperang dinginkalt stríðguerra fredda冷戦냉전šaltasis karasaukstais karšperang dinginkoude oorlogkald krigzimna wojnaguerra friarăzboi receхолодная войнаstudená vojnahladna vojnahladni ratkallt krigสงครามเย็นsoğuk harp冷戰холодна війнаسرد جنگchiến tranh lạnh冷战

get cold feet

to lose courage I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet.koue voeteيَفْقِد الشَّجاعَه، يَخافстрахувам сеztratit odvahufå kolde fødderMuffensausen kriegenδειλιάζωentrarle miedo a alguienverest välja minemaترسیدنjänistääse dégonflerלְקַבֵּל רָגלָייִם קָרוֹתइच्छा खोनाizgubiti hrabrostbe van gyulladvagentarmissa kjarkinnavere pauraおじけづく겁먹다bijoti, nedrįsti (rizikuoti)nobīties; zaudēt drosmikecut hatibang wordenfå kalde føtter, miste motetdostawać pietradesanimara da înapoiструситьstratiť odvahuustrašiti seuplašiti sefå kalla fötter, bli skrajความกลัวcesaretini yitirmek, korkmak喪失勇氣злякатисяہمت ہار دیناsợ hãi丧失勇气

v give (someone) the cold shoulder

to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person) All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.die rug toekeerيُعامِلُ بِجَفاء، يَتَنَكَّرигнорирамpřezírat, nevšímat si, chovat se chladněgive den kolde skulderdie kalte Schulter zeigenσνομπάρω, αρνούμαι να είμαι φιλικόςtratar a alguien con frialdad(kedagi) külmalt kohtlemaبی اعتنایی کردن؛ کم محلی کردنkääntää selkänsä jollekullese montrer froid envers qqnלְהָפגִין יָחַס צוֹנֵןगरमजोशी नहीं दिखानाdržati se hladnofélvállról beszél vkiveltidak ramahsÿna kulda, hunsaessere freddo con qualcunoよそよそしくする냉대하다, 무시하다būti nedraugiškam, elgtis nedraugiškaiizturēties vēsi/nedraudzīgibersikap dingin terhadap seseoranglinks laten liggengi noen en kald skulder, avvisepotraktować zimnotratar com friezaa se purta cu răceală (cu cineva)встречать кого-л. холодноchladne sa chovaťzavrniti kogaignorisatibehandla kyligt, ignoreraอาการเมินเฉยsoğuk davranmak, yüz vermemek(表示)冷淡холодно приймати, зустрічати когоمردہ دلی سے بے اعتنائی سےđối xử lạnh nhạt（表示）冷淡

in cold blood

deliberately and unemotionally He killed them in cold blood.koelbloedig, met voorbedagte radeبِدَم بارِدхладнокръвноchladnokrevněmed koldt blodkaltblütigεν ψυχρώsangre fría akülmavereliseltتعمدی و بی رحمانهkylmäverisestide sang-froidבְּדָם קָרनिर्दयतापूर्वकhladnokrvanhidegvérreltanpa perasaanmiskunnarlaust, með köldu blóðia sangue freddo冷酷に태연하게, 냉혹하게šaltakraujiškaiiepriekš apsverot; nežēlīgitidak berperasaanin koelen bloedemed kaldt blodz zimną krwiąa sangue friocu sânge receхладнокровноchladnokrvnehladnokrvnohladnokrvnomed kallt blod, kallblodigtอย่างสุขุมmerhametsizce, gözünü kırpmadan殘忍地холоднокровно, обдуманоجو ش سے خالی ، قصداًchủ tâm蓄意残忍地