Cold - Definition

adj 1: 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" [ant: hot]
2: 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" [ant: hot]
3: having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold
trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
4: (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey"
5: marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before
rehearsals started"
6: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-
eaten theories about race"; "stale news" [syn: cold,
stale, dusty, moth-eaten]
7: so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped
him"
8: sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid
woman" [syn: cold, frigid]
9: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-
blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold,
cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
10: feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold
response to the new play"
11: unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer
was out cold"; "pass out cold"
12: of a seeker; far from the object sought
13: lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
n 1: a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory
passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure
for the common cold?" [syn: cold, common cold]
2: the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible";
"come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" [syn:
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity,
frigidness] [ant: heat, high temperature, hotness]
3: the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from
the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" [syn: cold,
coldness]