Definition of Cold

Adjective: cold (colder,coldest) kÃ³wld

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"
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"
Having lost freshness through passage of time
"a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
(colour) giving no sensation of warmth
"a cold bluish grey"
Marked by errorless familiarity
"had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
"cold news";
- stale, dusty, moth-eaten
So intense as to be almost uncontrollable
"cold fury gripped him"
Sexually unresponsive
"was cold to his advances";
- frigid
Without compunction or human feeling
"in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing";
- cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
Feeling or showing no enthusiasm
"a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
Unconscious from a blow, shock or intoxication
"the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
Of a seeker; far from the object sought
Lacking the warmth of life
"cold in his grave"

Noun: cold kÃ³wld

A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
"will they never find a cure for the common cold?";
- common cold
The absence of heat
"come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor";
- coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
The sensation produced by low temperatures
"the cold helped clear his head"; "he shivered from the cold";
- coldness