cold (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 16 senses of the word *cold*:
ADJECTIVE	all	cold	having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
all	cold	extended meanings
all	cold	having lost freshness through passage of time
all	cold	(color) giving no sensation of warmth
all	cold	marked by errorless familiarity
all	cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten	lacking originality or spontaneity
all	cold	so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
all	cold, frigid	sexually unresponsive
all	cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate	without compunction or human feeling
all	cold	feeling or showing no enthusiasm
all	cold	unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
all	cold	of a seeker
all	cold	lacking the warmth of life
NOUN	state	cold, common cold	a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
attribute	cold, coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness	the absence of heat
cognition	cold, coldness	the sensation produced by low temperatures

cold > pronunciation
Sounds	kow'ld
Rhymes	behold ... wold: 49 rhymes with owld...

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	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"
Attribute of	temperature	The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment / environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
Narrower	acold	Of persons
	algid	Chilly
	arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar	Extremely cold
	bleak, cutting, raw	unpleasantly cold and damp
	chilly, parky	appreciably or disagreeably cold
	crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy	Pleasantly cold and invigorating
	frigorific	Causing cold / cold
	frore	Very cold
	frosty, rimed, rimy	Covered with frost
	heatless	Without generating heat
	ice-cold	As cold as ice
	refrigerant, refrigerating	Causing cooling or freezing
	refrigerated	made or kept cold by refrigeration
	shivery	Cold enough to cause shivers
	stone-cold	Completely cold
	unheated, unwarmed	not having been heated or warmed / warmed
See also	cool	Neither warm nor very cold
See also	frozen	Turned into ice
Opposite	hot	Used of physical heat / heat
Spanish	frío
Catalan	fred
Nouns	cold	the absence of heat
Nouns	cold, coldness	the sensation produced by low temperatures

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	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"
Attribute of	emotionality, emotionalism	emotional nature or quality
Narrower	emotionless, passionless	unmoved by feeling
Narrower	frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry	Devoid of warmth and cordiality
See also	cool	psychologically cool and unenthusiastic
See also	passionless	not passionate
Opposite	hot	Extended meanings
Spanish	distante, frío
Catalan	distant, fred
Nouns	coldness	a lack of affection or enthusiasm
Adverbs	coldly	in a cold unemotional manner

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	Having lost freshness through passage of time.
Examples	"a cold trail" "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
Broader	stale	Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
Spanish	pasado

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	(color) giving no sensation of warmth.
Example	"a cold bluish grey"
Broader	cool	(color) inducing the impression of coolness

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 5
Meaning	marked by errorless familiarity.
Example	"had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
Broader	perfect	complete of its kind and without defect / defect / defect / defect or blemish

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 6
Meaning	Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.
Synonyms	stale, dusty, moth-eaten
Broader	unoriginal	not original
Spanish	anticuado, pasado, viejo
Catalan	antiquat, passat, vell

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 7
Meaning	So intense as to be almost uncontrollable.
Example	"cold fury gripped him"
Broader	intense	Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 8
Meaning	sexually unresponsive.
Example	"was cold to his advances"
Synonym	frigid
Broader	unloving	not giving or reciprocating affection
Spanish	frígido
Nouns	coldness	a lack of affection or enthusiasm

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 9
Meaning	Without compunction or human feeling.
Examples	"in cold blood" "cold-blooded killing"
Synonyms	cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
Broader	inhumane	lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion
Spanish	desalmado, despiadado, frío, inhumano
Catalan	despietat, fred, inhumà

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 10
Meaning	Feeling or showing no enthusiasm.
Examples	"a cold audience" "a cold response to the new play"
Broader	unenthusiastic	not enthusiastic
Nouns	coldness	a lack of affection or enthusiasm

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 11
Meaning	unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication.
Examples	"the boxer was out cold" "pass out cold"
Broader	unconscious	not conscious

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 12
Meaning	Of a seeker; far from the object / object sought.
Broader	far	Located at a great distance in time or space or degree / degree
Spanish	frío
Catalan	fred

English > *cold*: 16 senses > adjective 13
Meaning	lacking the warmth of life.
Example	"cold in his grave"
Broader	dead	no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

English > *cold*: 16 senses > noun 1, state
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?"
Synonym	common cold
Parts	rhinorrhea	persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold)
Narrower	head cold	A common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache
Broader	communicable disease	A disease that can be communicated from one person to another
Broader	respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder	A disease affecting the respiratory system
Spanish	catarro, gripa, gripe, resfriado común, resfriado, resfriamiento
Catalan	refredat comú, refredat

English > *cold*: 16 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	The absence of heat.
Examples	"the coldness made our breath visible" "come in out of the cold" "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
Synonyms	coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
Narrower	chill, iciness, gelidity	coldness due to a cold environment / environment
	chilliness, coolness, nip	The property of being moderately cold
	cool	The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
	frostiness	coldness as evidenced by frost
Broader	temperature	The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment / environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
Broader	vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor	Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel
Opposite	hotness, heat, high temperature	The presence of heat
Spanish	frío, temperatura baja
Catalan	fred, temperatura baixa
Adjectives	cold	having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

English > *cold*: 16 senses > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	The sensation produced by low temperatures.
Examples	"he shivered from the cold" "the cold helped clear his head"
Synonym	coldness
Broader	temperature	The somatic sensation of cold or heat
Spanish	frialdad, frío
Catalan	fred, fredor
Adjectives	cold	having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

HyperDic: cold