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Words with a similar base: cold, cold-blooded, coldness, common_cold

'cold'

[cold.n.01] as in: a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

Examples:
will they never find a cure for the common cold?

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'cold'

[coldness.n.03] as in: the absence of heat

Examples:
the coldness made our breath visible
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictor

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'cold'

[cold.n.03] as in: the sensation produced by low temperatures

Examples:
he shivered from the cold
the cold helped clear his head

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'cold'

[cold.a.01] as in: having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g.

ice or refrigeration

Examples:
a cold climate
a cold room
dinner has gotten cold
cold fingers
if you are cold, turn up the heat
a cold beer

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'cold'

[cold.a.02] as in: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

Examples:
a cold unfriendly nod
a cold and unaffectionate person
a cold impersonal manner
cold logic
the concert left me cold

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'cold'

[cold.s.01] as in: having lost freshness through passage of time

Examples:
a cold trail
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent

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'cold'

[cold.s.02] as in: (color) giving no sensation of warmth

Examples:
a cold bluish grey

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'cold'

[cold.s.03] as in: marked by errorless familiarity

Examples:
had her lines cold before rehearsals started

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'cold'

[cold.s.04] as in: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

Examples:
moth-eaten theories about race
stale news

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'cold'

[cold.s.05] as in: so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

Examples:
cold fury gripped him

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'cold'

[cold.s.06] as in: sexually unresponsive

Examples:
was cold to his advances
a frigid woman

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'cold'

[cold.s.07] as in: without compunction or human feeling

Examples:
in cold blood
cold-blooded killing
insensate destruction

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'cold'

[cold.s.08] as in: feeling or showing no enthusiasm

Examples:
a cold audience
a cold response to the new play

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'cold'

[cold.s.09] as in: unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

Examples:
the boxer was out cold
pass out cold

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'cold'

[cold.s.10] as in: of a seeker; far from the object sought

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'cold'

[cold.s.11] as in: lacking the warmth of life

Examples:
cold in his grave

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Origins

					cold (English)
└── cald (Old English (ca. 450-1100))