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Definition cold

Etymology

From Middle English cold, from Old English, specifically Anglian cald. The West Saxon form, ?eald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald. Both descended from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, a participle form of *kalan? (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Cognate with Scots cald, cauld (“cold”), Saterland Frisian koold (“cold”), West Frisian kâld (“cold”), Dutch koud (“cold”), Low German kold, koolt, koold (“cold”), German kalt (“cold”), Danish kold (“cold”), Norwegian kald (“cold”), Swedish kall (“cold”).

Adjective

cold (comparative colder, superlative coldest)

1. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
2. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
3. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
4. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
5. Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
6. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
7. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
8. (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
9. (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
10. (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
11. (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
12. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
13. (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
14. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
15. (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
16. (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
17. (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless

Noun

cold (plural colds)

1. A condition of low temperature.
2. (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

Adverb

cold (comparative more cold, superlative most cold)

1. While at low temperature.
2. Without preparation.
3. With finality.
4. (slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

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