Cold

Word COLD
Character 4
Hyphenation cold
Pronunciations /kɔʊld/

Definitions and meanings of "Cold"

What do we mean by cold?

Having a low temperature. adjective

Being at a temperature that is less than what is required or what is normal. adjective

Chilled by refrigeration or ice. adjective

Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled. adjective

Appearing to be dead; unconscious. adjective

Dead. adjective

Lacking emotion; objective. adjective

Having little appeal to the senses or feelings. adjective

Designating or being in a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth. adjective

Not affectionate or friendly; aloof. adjective

Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm. adjective

Devoid of sexual desire; frigid. adjective

Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time. adjective

So intense as to be almost uncontrollable. adjective

Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity. adjective

To an unqualified degree; totally. adverb

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

Completely unprepared; without introduction.

Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.

Not pungent or acrid.

Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

Not sensitive; not acute.

Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

Without compassion; heartless; ruthless

Heartless, Having no emotions, Urban Dictionary

Adjective, meaning, basically, 'really good, great, talented, awesome, grand, unreal, totally kick-ass, etc.' Urban Dictionary

Better than cool To be cooler than cool The coolest level of cool Urban Dictionary

An annoying and contagious illness that causes sniffling, sneezing, coughing, and other symptoms Urban Dictionary

What a girl says she is when she wants to snuggle : Urban Dictionary

1. A temperature that feels ths opposite of hot. 2. Symbolic for death (mainly in music) 3. Mean, cruel, uncaring, unempathetic 4. Numb 5. Sociopathic Urban Dictionary

V. used to describe something awesome or nice ; something worthy of hatin Urban Dictionary

A New Jack word started in the mid to late 80's and used all the way through the early 90's. A verb modifier that refers to a state of deliberate sauveness and typically used in describing felonious acts. Urban Dictionary

Plain, obviously, flat out, straight up Urban Dictionary

Straight up, exactly without lying Not cool, stooped to a new low level of respect (Cold Blooded) Low temperatures Common cold A hard rock band Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cold

The word "cold" in example sentences

          The cold water was _cold_ but the hot water was only a few degrees warmer -- barely enough to feel a difference. ❋ Anderson, Poul (1970)

A teaspoonful of the _Camphor tincture_ may be put into a tumbler of cold water, ice water if at hand, and the water agitated until it becomes clear, giving a teaspoonful of this camphorated _cold_ water as ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Put it on an earthen dish, cover it with a cloth and set it in a cold place, in the ice box in summer; let it remain until _cold_; an hour or more before making out the crust. ❋ Mrs. F.L. Gillette (N/A)

If the wind whistled afar, the boiling-place was in a sheltered nook; if the rain poured down, or the snow-flakes fell without, we were protected by the sugar-house or shed; if the day was cold the fire was warm; _and the heart of a youth is never cold_. ❋ Various (N/A)

When I say, The weather is _so_ cold, or _very_ cold, or _intensely_ cold, the words _so, very_, and _intensely_ modify the adjective _cold_ by expressing the _degree_ of coldness. ❋ Brainerd Kellogg (N/A)

Hardly any thing can be worse for a small pox patient than to be in a cold or damp room, and to breathe _cold_ air. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Exercising in cold air, _if not too cold_, with clothing removed, is an excellent means of hardening the skin and promoting good digestion. ❋ Eugene Lyman Fisk (1907)

Thus we take a glance out of the window and say that the day looks cold, although we well know that we cannot see _cold_. ❋ George Herbert Betts (1901)

In any other climate one would scarcely have undergone such sudden extremes of temperature without catching a severe cold; but fortunately that distressing complaint _catchee le cold_, as the Frenchman termed it, is not so prevalent in Canada as at home. ❋ Catharine Parr Strickland Traill (1850)

-- Do not apply cold applications to his skin, and do not wash him (while the rash is out) in quite _cold_ water. ❋ Pye Henry Chavasse (1844)

Put a quart of white haricot beans in plenty of cold water in a pan in order that they may soak through the night; the next day drain off the water in which they have soaked, and put them into a pot with three quarts of _cold_ water, a little grease or butter, some pepper and salt, and set them on the fire to boil _very gently_ until they are thoroughly done; this will take about two hours 'gentle boiling; when done, the haricot beans are to be drained free from excess of moisture, and put into a saucepan with chopped parsley, butter, pepper and salt; stir the whole carefully on the fire for five minutes, and serve them for dinner with or without meat as may best suit your means. ❋ Charles Elm�� Francatelli (N/A)

a custard or pumpkin pie, is: Three _large_ tablespoonfuls of flour sifted, rubbing into it a _large_ tablespoonful of cold butter, or part butter and part lard, and a pinch of salt, mixing with _cold_ water enough to form a smooth, stiff paste, and rolled quite thin. ❋ Mrs. F.L. Gillette (N/A)

If A.E.B. should assert that a glass of "cold without," _because_, by those accustomed to indulge in such potations, it was understood to mean "brandy and _cold_ water, _without_ sugar," was really a draught from some "well of purest ❋ Various (N/A)

V. i.23 (119,4) cold palsies] This catalogue of loathsome maladies ends in the folio at _cold palsies_. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

They also said the term cold shutdown might give an exaggerated impression of stability to severely damaged reactors with fuel cores that have not only melted down, but melted through the inner containment vessels and bored into the floor of their concrete outer containment structures. ❋ By MARTIN FACKLER (2011)

Sawada stressed that the use of the term "cold shutdown" by the government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power TEPCO did not indicate that all four disaster-hit reactors were now safe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She looked at him, her expression cold and hard and wounded. ❋ Colm Tóibín (2011)

He laughed at the [crippled] [man] who [fell] down, that's cold. ❋ Sk (2003)

1. "Sheeeeeih! That [track's] muthafuckin' cold!!!!!" 2. "Boy cold!" (could be reference to a star football player, athlete, artist, etc.) 3. "Who cold?" ([self-referential], rhetorical question) 4. (Sometimes the 'd' is left off the end of the word, for brevity/coolness' sake, still pronounced with the same long 'o' sound) - as in, "Shit Nigga, he col'!!!![Muhfucka] col!!!!!!!" -->(this last one screamed at 110 decibels). ❋ Trypsamuthafuckintronic (2005)

Jenny: [I'm so cold], I'm [rocking] this jacket. John: Nah, it's a [nice jacket], but it ain't cold. ❋ Boberina S. (2005)

Mike couldn't [come to] the party because he was [sick] [in bed with] a cold. ❋ Chelleyyy (2006)

Girl: [I'm cold].. Boy: Here, I'll [give] you my [jacket] ❋ Roflroflcopterrrrrrrrrr (2009)

"[Everyday] we all get colder"- [Lostprophets] ❋ Celestasia (2005)

That's a cold [ass jacket] ❋ Janay (2004)

[Lyric] from A Tribe Called [Quest] "Somebody broke into my ride and COLD [macked] it" ❋ Ppo7667 (2007)

"Yo, I walked up to that guy and cold [puched] him in the face." "...with [microphone] in hand I cold took command." - [Run-DMC] ❋ Adam A (2003)

We just hangin out; [cold chillin] Why'd you have to go and kick Jimmy [in the nuts]? That was coldYo it's [cold as fuck] outside I stayed home from school today 'cause I got a coldDid you go to the new Cold concert? ❋ Randy [blur] Robbins (2006)

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