cold

adjective

  1. Having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans

    "it is cold outside today"

  2. Having a relatively low temperature or one lower than normal or expected

    "the bath water has gotten cold"

  3. Marked by a lack of the warmth of normal human emotion, friendliness, or compassion

    "a cold stare"

  4. Not colored or affected by personal feeling or bias detached, indifferent

    "cold chronicles recorded by an outsider"

  5. Marked by sure familiarity pat

    "had her lines cold weeks before opening night"

  6. Depressing, gloomy

    "cold gray skies"

  7. Cool
  8. Marked by the loss of normal body heat

    "cold hands"

  9. Giving the appearance of being dead unconscious

    "passed out cold"

  10. Having lost freshness or vividness stale

    "dogs trying to pick up a cold scent"

  11. Far off the mark not close to finding or solving
  12. Marked by poor or unlucky performance

    "the team's shooting turned cold in the second half"

  13. Not prepared or suitably warmed up

    "The player's sub entered the game cold."

noun

  1. Bodily sensation produced by loss or lack of heat

    "they died of the cold"

  2. A condition of low temperature

    "extremes of heat and cold"

  3. A bodily disorder popularly associated with chilling

adverb

  1. With utter finality absolutely, completely

    "turned down cold"

  2. Without introduction or advance notice

    "walked in cold to apply for a job"

  3. Without preparation or warm-up

    "was asked to perform the solo cold"

adjective

  1. Done or acting without consideration, compunction, or clemency

    "cold-blooded murder"

  2. Matter-of-fact, emotionless

    "a cold-blooded assessment"

  3. Having cold blood
  4. Of mixed or inferior breeding
  5. Noticeably sensitive to cold

noun

  1. A telephone call soliciting business made directly to a potential customer without prior contact or without a lead

noun

  1. Money in hand

noun

  1. A chisel made of tool steel of a strength, shape, and temper suitable for chipping or cutting cold metal

noun

  1. Quite limited sympathy, consolation, or encouragement

noun

  1. A soothing and cleansing cosmetic

plural noun

  1. Sliced assorted cold cooked meats

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