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Cold Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cold Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Cold
(v. i.)
To become cold.
(n.)
Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
(n.)
Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
(n.)
Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
(n.)
The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
(n.)
The relative absence of heat or warmth.
(n.)
Not sensitive; not acute.
(n.)
Not pungent or acrid.
(n.)
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
(n.)
Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
(n.)
Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
(n.)
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
(n.)
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
(n.)
A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
(v. i.)
To become cold.
(n.)
Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
(n.)
Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
(n.)
Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
(n.)
The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
(n.)
The relative absence of heat or warmth.
(n.)
Not sensitive; not acute.
(n.)
Not pungent or acrid.
(n.)
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
(n.)
Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
(n.)
Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
(n.)
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
(n.)
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
(n.)
A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
| WordNet 2.0 |
cold
Noun
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?"
(synonym) common cold
(hypernym) respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
(hyponym) head cold
(part-meronym) rhinorrhea
2. the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
(synonym) coldness, low temperature
(hypernym) temperature
(hyponym) chill, iciness, gelidity
3. the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
(synonym) coldness
(hypernym) temperature
Adjective
1. used of physical coldness; 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"
(antonym) hot
(similar) acold
(see-also) cool
(attribute) temperature
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"
(antonym) hot
(similar) emotionless, passionless
(see-also) cool
(attribute) emotionality, emotionalism
3. having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
(similar) stale
4. (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish gray"
(similar) cool
5. marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
(similar) perfect
6. no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"
(synonym) stale
(similar) old
7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
(similar) intense
8. sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
(synonym) frigid
(similar) unloving
9. without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
(synonym) cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
(similar) inhumane
10. feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
(similar) unenthusiastic
11. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
(similar) unconscious
12. of a seeker; far from the object sought
(similar) far
13. lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
(similar) dead
Noun
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?"
(synonym) common cold
(hypernym) respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
(hyponym) head cold
(part-meronym) rhinorrhea
2. the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
(synonym) coldness, low temperature
(hypernym) temperature
(hyponym) chill, iciness, gelidity
3. the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
(synonym) coldness
(hypernym) temperature
Adjective
1. used of physical coldness; 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"
(antonym) hot
(similar) acold
(see-also) cool
(attribute) temperature
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"
(antonym) hot
(similar) emotionless, passionless
(see-also) cool
(attribute) emotionality, emotionalism
3. having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
(similar) stale
4. (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish gray"
(similar) cool
5. marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
(similar) perfect
6. no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"
(synonym) stale
(similar) old
7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
(similar) intense
8. sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
(synonym) frigid
(similar) unloving
9. without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
(synonym) cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
(similar) inhumane
10. feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
(similar) unenthusiastic
11. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
(similar) unconscious
12. of a seeker; far from the object sought
(similar) far
13. lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
(similar) dead
| The Phrase Finder |
As cold as stone
Origin
From Shakespeare's Henry V.
Hostess:
Nay, sure, he's not in hell: he's in Arthur's
bosom, if ever man went to Arthur's bosom. A' made
a finer end and went away an it had been any
christom child; a' parted even just between twelve
and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after
I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with
flowers and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew
there was but one way; for his nose was as sharp as
a pen, and a' babbled of green fields. 'How now,
sir John!' quoth I 'what, man! be o' good
cheer.' So a' cried out 'God, God, God!' three or
four times. Now I, to comfort him, bid him a'
should not think of God; I hoped there was no need
to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet. So
a' bade me lay more clothes on his feet: I put my
hand into the bed and felt them, and they were as
cold as any stone; then I felt to his knees, and
they were as cold as any stone, and so upward and
upward, and all was as cold as any stone.
Shakespeare used various 'as cold as' similes, including 'as cold as a
snowball' and 'as cold as if I had swallowed snowballs'.
Origin
From Shakespeare's Henry V.
Hostess:
Nay, sure, he's not in hell: he's in Arthur's
bosom, if ever man went to Arthur's bosom. A' made
a finer end and went away an it had been any
christom child; a' parted even just between twelve
and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after
I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with
flowers and smile upon his fingers' ends, I knew
there was but one way; for his nose was as sharp as
a pen, and a' babbled of green fields. 'How now,
sir John!' quoth I 'what, man! be o' good
cheer.' So a' cried out 'God, God, God!' three or
four times. Now I, to comfort him, bid him a'
should not think of God; I hoped there was no need
to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet. So
a' bade me lay more clothes on his feet: I put my
hand into the bed and felt them, and they were as
cold as any stone; then I felt to his knees, and
they were as cold as any stone, and so upward and
upward, and all was as cold as any stone.
Shakespeare used various 'as cold as' similes, including 'as cold as a
snowball' and 'as cold as if I had swallowed snowballs'.
Cold comfort
Origin
From Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew & King John
GRUMIO: Am I but three inches? why, thy horn is a foot; and
so long am I at the least. But wilt thou make a
fire, or shall I complain on thee to our mistress,
whose hand, she being now at hand, thou shalt soon
feel, to thy cold comfort, for being slow in thy hot office?
KING JOHN: Poison'd,--ill fare--dead, forsook, cast off:
And none of you will bid the winter come
To thrust his icy fingers in my maw,
Nor let my kingdom's rivers take their course
Through my burn'd bosom, nor entreat the north
To make his bleak winds kiss my parched lips
And comfort me with cold. I do not ask you much,
I beg cold comfort; and you are so strait
And so ingrateful, you deny me that.
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
Meaning
Very cold weather conditions.
Origin
Uncertain origin.
Some references say that the brass triangles that supported stacks of iron cannonballs on sailing ships were called monkeys and that in cold weather, as brass contracts more than iron, the triangles contracted sufficiently for the balls to fall off.
No one has been able to provide evidence that such devices were called monkeys, or even that they existed.
The Royal Navy records that, on their ships at least, planks with circular holes were used to store cannonballs. Also, a little geometry shows that a pyramid of balls will topple over if the base is tilted by more than 30 degrees. This movement is commonplace on sailing ships and it just isn't plausible that cannonballs were stacked this way.
If we discount all of the above and for the sake of argument assume that the contraction of a brass triangle would cause a stack of balls to fall over, science comes to the rescue again. The coefficient of expansion of brass is 0.000019; that of iron is 0.000012. If the base of the stack were one metre long the drop in temperature needed to make the 'monkey' shrink relative to the balls by a millimetre, would be around 100 degrees Celcius. It is hardly credible that amount of change would have the slightest effect. In any case in weather like that the sailors would probably have better things to think about.
I don't know what a nautical version of an urban myth is called, but whatever it is this story warrants its use.
Cold shouldered
Meaning
Be treated in an offhand unfriendly way.
Origin
Visitors who you welcomed were given a cooked meal; those you didn't were given cold shoulder (of meat).
Cold turkey
Meaning
The state addicts are in when withdrawing from drug addition, especially heroin.
Origin
In the state of drug withdrawal the addicts blood is directed to the internal organs leaving the skin white and with goose bumps.
| Australian Slang |
As cold as a witch's tit
extremely cold
extremely cold
As useful as a cunt full of cold water
not very usefull
Cannot catch a cold
in poor form, not quick (in sport)
Cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey
cold!
Cold-turkey
1. method of withdrawal from a drug addiction in which the drug is given up completely, and no other drugs are used as substitutes; 2. without the aid of other drugs: "come off cold turkey"; "go cold turkey"
Leave out in the cold
not to inform
So cold it'll freeze the balls on a brass monkey
very cold
Sure as there's cold shit in a dead cat
the certainty of the situation
Wyne chevva cold share?
Why don't you have a cold shower?
| Anagram |
cold
clod
clod
| English Slang Dictionary v1.2 |
cold
1. intensely: "Stone cold rhymin'" -- Young MC (Stone cold rhymin')
2. mean, not nice; cruel
1. intensely: "Stone cold rhymin'" -- Young MC (Stone cold rhymin')
2. mean, not nice; cruel
| hEnglish - advanced version |
cold
cold
\cold\, n.
1. the relative absence of heat or warmth.
2. the sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. when she saw her lord prepared to part, a deadly cold ran shivering to her heart.
3. (med.) a morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
cold
sore (med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever.
similar words(34)
clay cold
hay cold
through cold
cold-hearted
to give one the cold shoulder
cold-bloodedly
cold shoulder
cold-blooded
cold blast
to turn a cold shoulder to
cold abscess
cold shut
cold-shut
cold wave
cold-shoulder
cold chill
cold boot
knock cold
cold-shortness
cold blood
in cold blood
cold ulcer
cold pit
rose cold
ice-cold
cold cream
to blow hot and cold
cold-heartedness
cold slaw
key-cold
cold-short
to leave one out in the cold
cold sore
cold chisel
cold
\cold\, n.
1. the relative absence of heat or warmth.
2. the sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. when she saw her lord prepared to part, a deadly cold ran shivering to her heart.
3. (med.) a morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
cold
sore (med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever.
similar words(34)
clay cold
hay cold
through cold
cold-hearted
to give one the cold shoulder
cold-bloodedly
cold shoulder
cold-blooded
cold blast
to turn a cold shoulder to
cold abscess
cold shut
cold-shut
cold wave
cold-shoulder
cold chill
cold boot
knock cold
cold-shortness
cold blood
in cold blood
cold ulcer
cold pit
rose cold
ice-cold
cold cream
to blow hot and cold
cold-heartedness
cold slaw
key-cold
cold-short
to leave one out in the cold
cold sore
cold chisel
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
cold
adj., fuar
n., slaghdán, fuacht
I have a cold: tá slaghdán orm
the cold is terrible: tá an fuacht uafásach
adj., fuar
n., slaghdán, fuacht
I have a cold: tá slaghdán orm
the cold is terrible: tá an fuacht uafásach
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Annwyd
Annwyd = n. a cold, a chillness Cael yr annwyd, to catch cold
Annwyd = n. a cold, a chillness Cael yr annwyd, to catch cold
Annwydaidd
Annwydaidd = a. chilly, cold
Annwydog
Annwydog = a. cold, chilly
Anwyd
Anwyd = n. temper, cold
Dadoeri
Dadoeri = v. to divest of cold
Ffer
Ffer = a what is solid; a severe cold; a concrete; the ankle, a. dense; fixed; solid, strong with cold
Gwynrew
Gwynrew = n. numbness by cold
Iain
Iain = a. icy, or very cold
Lledoer
Lledoer = a. half cold, lukewarm
Oer
Oer = a. cold frigid; repulsive
Oeraidd
Oeraidd = a. somewhat cold
Oerfel
Oerfel = n. cold air or weather
Oeri
Oeri = v. to cool, to chill; to be come cold
Oerllyd
Oerllyd = a. of cold quality; chilly
Oerwlyb
Oerwlyb = a. cold and wet
Oerwynt
Oerwynt = n. a cold wind
Oeryn
Oeryn = n. a cold person
| Dream Dictionary |
Cold
To dream of suffering from cold, you are warned to look well to your affairs. There are enemies at work to destroy you. Your health is also menaced.
To dream of suffering from cold, you are warned to look well to your affairs. There are enemies at work to destroy you. Your health is also menaced.
| Phobia |
Cheimaphobia
Fear of cold
Also known as Cheimatophobia
Fear of cold
Also known as Cheimatophobia
Cryophobia
Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost
Frigophobia
Fear of cold, cold things
Pagophobia
Fear of ice or frost
Shrinkaphobia
Fear of Cold water
Cold Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WEATHER&METEOROLOGY |
COLD
A condition marked by low or decidedly subnormal temperature. The lack of heat.
A condition marked by low or decidedly subnormal temperature. The lack of heat.
| Oceanographic, Meteorologal & Climatologal abbreviations and acronyms |
COLD
Coupled Ocean-ice Linkages and Dynamics
Coupled Ocean-ice Linkages and Dynamics
| Technical English by wpv |
COLD
The absence of heat; a temperature considerably below normal.
The absence of heat; a temperature considerably below normal.
Cold Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
cold
gelu, gelidus, frigus
gelu, gelidus, frigus
Cold Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cold (adj.)
samek(-)
samek(-)
| TUPAC SHAKUR Rap Dictionary V.2.0 |
cold
1) (adj) Intensely. "Stone cold rhymin'" -- Young MC (Stone cold rhymin'). 2) (adj) Mean, not nice.
1) (adj) Intensely. "Stone cold rhymin'" -- Young MC (Stone cold rhymin'). 2) (adj) Mean, not nice.
| gambling |
Cold
A player on a losing streak, or a slot machine that isn’t paying out.
A player on a losing streak, or a slot machine that isn’t paying out.
| English - Klingon |
be cold
v. bIr
v. bIr
| Rap-music terminology and bios of artists |
cold
1) (adj) Intensely. "Stone cold rhymin'" -- Young MC (Stone cold rhymin').
2) (adj) Mean, not nice.
1) (adj) Intensely. "Stone cold rhymin'" -- Young MC (Stone cold rhymin').
2) (adj) Mean, not nice.
Cold Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Cold (chilly¸ frigid)
Hold up both 'S'
Winter (cold¸ shiver)
Both 'S'
Cold Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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CLQ
Cold Metal Products, Inc.
Exchange: AMEX
Purchases and processes flat-rolled steel including strip steel for speciality and commodity applications and processed sheet steel to meet requirements of precision parts manufacturers.
Cold Metal Products, Inc.
Exchange: AMEX
Purchases and processes flat-rolled steel including strip steel for speciality and commodity applications and processed sheet steel to meet requirements of precision parts manufacturers.
Cold Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Cold
Cold describes the condition of low temperature.
Cold may also refer to:
- Common cold, a type of upper respiratory infection
- Computer Output to Laser Disc (COLD), a method of data storage and retrieval
- Coldness, an absence of emotion, especially affection or sympathy
- COLD (novel), a James Bond novel by John Gardner; alternatively titled Cold Fall in the United States
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