What does cold mean in English? Meaning of cold definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "cold": a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
Noun
Meaning: a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)Example: will they never find a cure for the common cold?Synonyms: cold
common coldHyponyms: head coldHypernyms: communicable disease
respiratory disease
respiratory disorder
respiratory illnessPart Holonyms: rhinorrheaMeaning of "cold": having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
Adjective
Meaning: having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigerationExample: a cold climate
a cold room
dinner has gotten cold
cold fingers
if you are cold, turn up the heat
a cold beerSynonyms: coldAntonyms: hotSimilar: acold
algid
arctic
bleak
chilly
crisp
cutting
frigid
frigorific
frore
frosty
gelid
glacial
heatless
ice-cold
icy
nipping
nippy
parky
polar
raw
refrigerant
refrigerated
refrigerating
rimed
rimy
shivery
snappy
stone-cold
unheated
unwarmedAlso see: cool
frozenMeaning of "cold": the absence of heat
Noun
Meaning: the absence of heatExample: the coldness made our breath visible
come in out of the cold
cold is a vasoconstrictorSynonyms: cold
coldness
frigidity
frigidness
low temperatureHyponyms: chill
chilliness
cool
coolness
frostiness
gelidity
iciness
nipHypernyms: pressor
temperature
vasoconstrictive
vasoconstrictorAntonyms: heat
high temperature
hotnessMeaning of "cold": extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
Adjective
Meaning: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotionExample: a cold unfriendly nod
a cold and unaffectionate person
a cold impersonal manner
cold logic
the concert left me coldSynonyms: coldAntonyms: hotSimilar: emotionless
frigid
frosty
frozen
glacial
icy
passionless
wintryAlso see: cool
passionlessMeaning of "cold": the sensation produced by low temperatures
Noun
Meaning: the sensation produced by low temperaturesExample: he shivered from the cold
the cold helped clear his headSynonyms: cold
coldnessHypernyms: temperatureMeaning of "cold": having lost freshness through passage of time
Adjective
Meaning: having lost freshness through passage of timeExample: a cold trail
dogs attempting to catch a cold scentSynonyms: coldSimilar: staleMeaning of "cold": (color) giving no sensation of warmth
Adjective
Meaning: (color) giving no sensation of warmthExample: a cold bluish greySynonyms: coldSimilar: coolMeaning of "cold": marked by errorless familiarity
Adjective
Meaning: marked by errorless familiarityExample: had her lines cold before rehearsals startedSynonyms: coldSimilar: perfectMeaning of "cold": lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Adjective
Meaning: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer newExample: moth-eaten theories about race
stale newsSynonyms: cold
dusty
moth-eaten
staleSimilar: unoriginalMeaning of "cold": so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
Adjective
Meaning: so intense as to be almost uncontrollableExample: cold fury gripped himSynonyms: coldSimilar: intenseMeaning of "cold": sexually unresponsive
Adjective
Meaning: sexually unresponsiveExample: was cold to his advances
a frigid womanSynonyms: cold
frigidSimilar: unlovingMeaning of "cold": without compunction or human feeling
Adjective
Meaning: without compunction or human feelingExample: in cold blood
cold-blooded killing
insensate destructionSynonyms: cold
cold-blooded
inhuman
insensateSimilar: inhumaneMeaning of "cold": feeling or showing no enthusiasm
Adjective
Meaning: feeling or showing no enthusiasmExample: a cold audience
a cold response to the new playSynonyms: coldSimilar: unenthusiasticMeaning of "cold": unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
Adjective
Meaning: unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxicationExample: the boxer was out cold
pass out coldSynonyms: coldSimilar: unconsciousMeaning of "cold": of a seeker; far from the object sought
Adjective
Meaning: of a seeker; far from the object soughtSynonyms: coldSimilar: farMeaning of "cold": lacking the warmth of life
Adjective
Meaning: lacking the warmth of lifeExample: cold in his graveSynonyms: coldSimilar: deadAdjective: (of a thing) Having a low temperature. A cold wind whistled through the trees. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V: I had always supposed that playboys didn't give a hoot for anything except blondes and cold bottles.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V: I had always supposed that playboys didn't give a hoot for anything except blondes and cold bottles.(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold. The forecast is that it will be very cold today.(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort. She was so cold she was shivering.Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling. She shot me a cold glance before turning her back. 2011 April 23, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 1, The Impossible Astronaut: RIVER SONG (upon seeing the still-living DOCTOR, moments after he made her and two other friends watch what they thought was his death): This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII: “Suppose someone pops in?” “Don't be silly. Mrs Cream is working on her book. Phyllis is in her room, typing Upjohn's speech. Wilbert's gone for a walk. Upjohn isn't here. The only character who could pop in would be the Brinkley Court ghost. If it does, give it a cold look and walk through it. That'll teach it not to come butting in where it isn't wanted, ha ha.”2011 April 23, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 1, The Impossible Astronaut: RIVER SONG (upon seeing the still-living DOCTOR, moments after he made her and two other friends watch what they thought was his death): This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII: “Suppose someone pops in?” “Don't be silly. Mrs Cream is working on her book. Phyllis is in her room, typing Upjohn's speech. Wilbert's gone for a walk. Upjohn isn't here. The only character who could pop in would be the Brinkley Court ghost. If it does, give it a cold look and walk through it. That'll teach it not to come butting in where it isn't wanted, ha ha.”Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial. Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head. He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him. The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.Completely unprepared; without introduction. He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness. I knocked him out cold. After one more beer he passed out cold.(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart. Practice your music scales until you know them cold. Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking. Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold. Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for. With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud. Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIX: “Either Upjohn agrees to drop that libel suit or he doesn't get these notes, as he calls them, and without them he won't be able to utter a word. He'll have to come across with the price of the papers. Won't he, Jeeves?” “He would appear to have no alternative, miss.” “Unless he wants to get up on that platform and stand there opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish. We've got him cold.”1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIX: “Either Upjohn agrees to drop that libel suit or he doesn't get these notes, as he calls them, and without them he won't be able to utter a word. He'll have to come across with the price of the papers. Won't he, Jeeves?” “He would appear to have no alternative, miss.” “Unless he wants to get up on that platform and stand there opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish. We've got him cold.”(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) cold plantsFrancis Bacon (1561-1626) cold plants(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting. Ben Jonson (1572-1637) What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! Joseph Addison (1672-1719) The jest grows cold […] when it comes on in a second scene.Ben Jonson (1572-1637) What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!Joseph Addison (1672-1719) The jest grows cold […] when it comes on in a second scene.Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour. a cold scent(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Smell this business with a sense as cold / As is a dead man's nose.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Smell this business with a sense as cold / As is a dead man's nose.Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot. You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.Synonyms:
wintry, crisp, snowy, frozen, brisk, raw, icy, frosty, cool, bitter, intense, bleak, frigid, arctic, stinging, keen, cutting, sharp, chill, biting, gelid, glacial, inclement, nippy, penetrating, piercing, polar, severe, snappy, benumbed, boreal, shivery, chilled, Siberian, hyperborean, icebox, algid, below freezing, below zero, blasting, brumal, frore, have goose bumps, hawkish, hiemal, iced, nipping, numbed, numbing, one-dog night, rimy, sleety, two-dog night, lukewarm, icy, distant, frosty, inhospitable, cool, frigid, dead, apathetic, cold-blooded, emotionless, glacial, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, inhibited, joyless, matter-of-fact, phlegmatic, reserved, reticent, spiritless, standoffish, stony, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unfeeling, unmoved, unresponsive, unsympathetic, passionless, undemonstrative, unimpassioned, snow, chill, frost, refrigeration, rawness, ague, iciness, freeze, frostiness, coldness, chilliness, draft, frigidity, gelidity, gelidness, algidity, shivering, shivers, inclemency, congelation, glaciation, frostbite, wintertime, algor, frozenness, goose flesh, wintriness,
Antonyms:
pleasant, friendly, kind, responsive, ignorant, stupid, animated, eager, enthusiastic, excited, fervid, interested, zealous, hot, temperate, warm, heated, good, mild, nice, blunt, dull, ardent, sympathetic, excited, friendly, kind, responsive, animated, eager, enthusiastic, fervid, interested, zealous, warm, hot, ardent, sympathetic, heat, warmth,
