cold

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We got knocked out cold in dodge ball.

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Quick take

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cold gathered in one view.

noun

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

noun

the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

noun

the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cold.

noun

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

noun

the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

See also: coldness, frigidity, frigidness

noun

the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

adjective

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"

adjective

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"

adjective

having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"

adjective

(color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey"

adjective

marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"

adjective

lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

adjective

so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"

adjective

sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"

adjective

without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

See also: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate

adjective

feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"

adjective

unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"

adjective

of a seeker; far from the object sought

adjective

lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"

Example sentences

We got knocked out cold in dodge ball.

Darkness and cold by 5 PM. This is for around 5 months of the year up here.

It's overnight in cold temperatures and the car was at less than 50% of its range.

And did I mention they hate the cold?I'm rooting for Tesla and for electric cars.

If you have ever washed a car in the cold, you know that you need more than a fucking soap sprayer and a sponge.

To date most all-electric vehicles have struggled in the cold.

I used to have a LinkedIn profile and from it all I got were the most awful recruiting experiences, and all of them through cold calls.

I was honestly excited to see how Tesla S card would fare in cold weather, and how the Tesla engineers got around this problem.

All that leads to is cold, harsh discourse and criticism without considering the more abstract, but very real ways humans feel and behave.

I feel like it's almost a right of passage these days to rely heavily on a Google service, only to have something go wrong and be left out in the cold.

He used to live in Minnesota, where there is lethal cold outdoors during winter, but he was homeless in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, where it can feel cold at night but where the weather is liveable outdoors year-round.

I'd rather see a few people turned off on electric cars and the rest informed and trained with the care and feeding of the cars during winter, than to see people stranded out in the cold because they weren't aware of their cars' performance envelopes.

That's a testament to the sheer volume of people who think that Microsoft's service offering is valuable enough to pay cold hard cash for, but it also, of course, goes straight to Microsoft's bottom line, to the tune of around a billion dollars per year.

He's just being obstinate here.- It's laughable to say that the Tesla fell short of its projected range when the projected range was from the day before, before not plugging it in on a cold night.- Tesla and Broder directly contradict each other on whether they gave him the go-ahead to stop charging after an hour in Norwich.