COLD

adjective colder · coldest

1. Having a low temperature. A cold wind whistled through the trees.
2. Causing the air to be cold. The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
3. Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort. She was so cold she was shivering.
4. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling. She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
5. Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm. Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]
6. Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial. Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.
7. Completely unprepared; without introduction. He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
8. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness. I knocked him out cold.
9. usually Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat. Practice your music scales until you know them cold.
10. usually Cornered; done for. With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.
11. slang Cool, impressive. There were more than a few unforgettable moments from Sunday's Game 7 showdown between the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings. Steph Curry came up with an epic performance on a record-setting evening, and he also produced one of the coldest photos of the NBA Playoffs thus far.
12. obsolete Not pungent or acrid. cold plants
13. obsolete Unexciting; dull; uninteresting. What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
14. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour. a cold scent
15. obsolete Not sensitive; not acute. Smell this business with a sense as cold / As is a dead man's nose.
16. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot. You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!
17. Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
18. Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
19. informal Without compassion; heartless; ruthless. I can't believe she said that...that was cold!
20. informal Not radioactive. "That's right," Jackson said. "The Old Man will be pleased to welcome you." There was eagerness in his reedy voice. "What do you say? We'll take care of you. Feed you, bring you cold plants and animals. For a week maybe?"
21. Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.
22. Without electrical power being supplied. Therefore, to avoid unnecessary delay in the trouble-shooting procedure, it is good practice to make a resistance check on a "cold" circuit (before applying power), to determine whether resistance values are normal.

Similar: algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill, chilled, chilly, clay-cold, cold, cold as a mackerel

noun colds

1. uncountable A condition of low temperature. Come in, out of the cold.
2. countable, figuratively, uncountable A harsh place; a place of abandonment. The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
3. countable A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever. I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
4. slang, uncountable Rheum; sleepy dust. Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin' me and why

Similar: common cold, coryza, head cold, pose

adverb more cold · most cold

1. At a low temperature. The steel was processed cold.
2. Without preparation. The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
3. dated, informal, slang In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner. Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep / And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep

noun

1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of computer output to laser disc.computer output to laser disc