cold

1. 1

   Having a low temperature.

   • A cold wind whistled through the trees.
2. 2

   Causing the air to be cold.

   • The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
3. 3

   Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

   • She was so cold she was shivering.
4. 4

   Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

   • She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
5. 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. 6

   Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.

   • Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.
   • He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.
7. 7

   Completely unprepared; without introduction.

   • He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
8. 8

   Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

   • I knocked him out cold.
   • After one more beer he passed out cold.
9. 9

   Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.usually

   • Practice your music scales until you know them cold.
   • Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.
10. 10

    Cornered; done for.usually

    • With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.
    • Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.

syn. algid · Arctic · Baltic · boreal · brass monkeys · brumal · chill · chilled · chilly · clay-cold · cold · cold as a mackerel

ant. hot · warm

1. 1

   A condition of low temperature.uncountable

   • Come in, out of the cold.
2. 2

   A harsh place; a place of abandonment.countablefigurativelyuncountable

   • The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
3. 3

   A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.countable

   • I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
4. 4

   Rheum; sleepy dust.slanguncountable

   • 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
   • But I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit

syn. common cold · coryza · head cold · pose

1. 1

   At a low temperature.

   • The steel was processed cold.
2. 2

   Without preparation.

   • The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
3. 3

   In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.datedinformalslang

   • Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep / And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep