cold meaning and definition

COLD noun

Definition of cold (noun)

1. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
   • "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
   • synonyms: common cold
2. the absence of heat
   • "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
   • synonyms: coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature
   • antonym: heat
3. the sensation produced by low temperatures
   • "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
   • synonyms: coldness

COLD adjective

Definition of cold (adjective)

1. 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"
   • antonym: hot
2. 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"
   • antonym: hot
3. having lost freshness through passage of time
   • "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
4. (color) giving no sensation of warmth
   • "a cold bluish grey"
5. marked by errorless familiarity
   • "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
6. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
   • "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
   • synonyms: dusty, moth-eaten, stale
7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
   • "cold fury gripped him"
8. sexually unresponsive
   • "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
   • synonyms: frigid
9. without compunction or human feeling
   • "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
   • synonyms: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
10. feeling or showing no enthusiasm
    • "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
11. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
    • "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
12. of a seeker; far from the object sought
13. lacking the warmth of life
    • "cold in his grave"