COLD
\kˈə͡ʊld], \kˈəʊld], \k_ˈəʊ_l_d]\
Definitions of COLD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
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unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
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lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
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of a seeker; far from the object sought
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feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
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having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
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used of physical coldness; 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"
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without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
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so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
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no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"
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marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
By Princeton University
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a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
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unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
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lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
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of a seeker; far from the object sought
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feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
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having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
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without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
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so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
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no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
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Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
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Not pungent or acrid.
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Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
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Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
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Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
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Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
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Not sensitive; not acute.
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Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
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The relative absence of heat or warmth.
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The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
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A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
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To become cold.
By Oddity Software
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Without heat or warmth; without passion or zeal; indifferent; insensible.
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The opposite of heat; the sensation produced by the loss of heat; disordered condition of the body, usually catarrhal, following exposure or infection; low temperature.
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Coldly.
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Coldness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Coldly.
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Coldness.
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The opposite of hot: shivering: without passion or zeal: spiritless: unfriendly: indifferent: reserved.
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Absence of heat: the feeling or sensation caused by the absence of heat: a disease caused by cold: catarrh: chillness.
By Daniel Lyons
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Coldly.
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Coldness.
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Of a low temperature; frigid; chilled; chilly.
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Lacking ardor or sympathy; stolid; not cordial; discouraging.
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A low temperature, or the sensation caused by it.
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A disorder caused by exposure to cold.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
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Absence of heat; sensation produced by absence of heat; distemper caused by cold.
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Without heat; without passion; indifferent.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The sensation produced by the abstraction of caloric from our organs, - Cheima, Chimon. See Heat. Three degrees of cold are generally distinguished in disease. 1. The simple feeling of cold (Algor), 2. Chilliness (Horror), and 3. Shivering (Rigor). Cold is employed in medicine, chiefly, as a refrigerant and sedative. Cold is, also, used for a morbid affection induced by cold. "To take cold," is to be affected by a disease presumed to be caused by cold. See Catarrh and Coryza.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A state of comparatively low temperature.
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A popular term for an acute transitory disorder attributed to exposure to a low temperature; especially for an acute infection of any portion of the respiratory apparatus. A cold is popularly supposed to constitute the starting point of most acute inflammations, particularly those of the respiratory organs.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Chill, having sense of cold; having cold qualities, not volatile; frigid, without passion; unaffecting, unable to move the passions; reserved, coy, not as sectionate, not cordial; chaste; not welcome.
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The cause of the sensation of cold, the privation of heat; the sensation of cold, chillness; a disease caused by cold, the obstruction of perspiration.
By Thomas Sheridan
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