Cold | Mean of cold in English Dictionary

/ˈkoʊld/

• having a very low temperature
1. The water was too cold for swimming.
2. The weather has been unusually cold this spring.
3. a country with a cold climate
4. It was a long, cold winter.
5. It's cold outside, but the wind makes it feel even colder.
6. It's bitterly/freezing cold out there!
7. a cold, rainy day
8. metal that is cold to the touch
9. Her hands were icy cold. = They were as cold as ice.
• having a feeling of low body heat
1. Are you cold? I could turn up the temperature if you'd like.
• not heated
1. a bowl of cold cereal
2. He ate cold pizza for breakfast.
3. We were happy to eat a hot meal rather than cold sandwiches.
4. cold meats

• served at a very low temperature or with ice
1. They're serving coffee, tea, and cold drinks.
2. a cold glass of milk
3. a cold beer
• not appealing or pleasant
1. the cold gray sky
2. the harsh cold lights of the hospital
• not friendly or emotional
1. Why is he so cold and distant toward me?
2. She gave me a cold stare and turned away.
3. I got a cold reception when I came home.
• not changed or affected by personal feelings or emotions
1. Like them or not, these are the cold facts!
2. It's time they took a cold, hard look at the situation.
• learned or memorized exactly
1. Keep repeating the lines until you have them (down) cold. [=until you have memorized them perfectly]
• unconscious or sleeping very deeply
1. He passed out cold.
2. She was out cold by eight o'clock.
• not fresh or strong
1. The dogs picked up a cold scent.
2. The police had been hot on the trail of the escaped prisoners, but then the trail went cold.
• not close to finding something or solving a puzzle
1. You're getting warmer! You're getting hot! Oh, now you're getting colder!
• not having success or good luck
1. The team was hot in the first half, but their shooting turned cold in the second half. [=they missed a lot of shots in the second half]
• in the day when things can be seen clearly rather than at night
1. The house that had looked so sinister at night seemed much less frightening in the cold light of day.
2. She forced me to look at myself in the cold light of day, and I didn't like what I saw.
• Noun
• a cold condition
1. I mind cold more than heat.
2. They died of exposure to cold.
3. She was shivering with cold. [=because she was cold]
• cold weather
1. The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.
2. I stood there shivering in the cold.
3. He waited outside for her in the bitter cold.
4. Come in out of the cold.
• a common illness that affects the nose, throat, and eyes and that usually causes coughing, sneezing, etc.
1. It's not the flu, it's just a cold.
2. He got/caught a cold. = He came down with a cold. = (Brit) He went down with a cold.
3. the common cold
4. the cold virus
5. cold symptoms/remedies
• to become part of a group or of normal society again after you have been outside it
1. a former spy who has come in from the cold
• to leave (someone) in a bad position
1. The changes benefit management but leave the workers out in the cold.
• in a very clear, complete, and definite way
1. She turned their offer down cold. [=flat]
• in a sudden way
1. He was telling me a story but stopped cold [=abruptly] when the door opened.
• without practicing or preparing before doing something
1. She was asked to perform the song cold.