Cold (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective, cold·er, cold·est.
  1. having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
  2. feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold.
  3. having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands.
  4. lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.
  5. not affectionate, cordial, or friendly; unresponsive: a cold reply; a cold reception.
  6. lacking sensual desire: She remained cold to his advances.
  7. failing to excite feeling or interest: the cold precision of his prose.
  8. unexcitable; imperturbable: cold impassivity.
  9. depressing; dispiriting: the cold atmosphere of a hospital waiting room.
  10. unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.: I knocked him cold with an uppercut.
  11. lacking the warmth of life; lifeless: When the doctor arrived, the body was already cold.
  12. faint; weak: The dogs lost the cold scent.
  13. (in games) distant from the object of search or the correct answer.
  14. (in sports and games) not scoring or winning; ineffective: Cold shooting and poor rebounding were their undoing.
  15. Art.
    • having cool colors, especially muted tones tending toward grayish blue.
    • being a cool color.
  16. slow to absorb heat, as a soil containing a large amount of clay and hence retentive of moisture.
  17. noting or pertaining to any process involving plastic deformation of a metal at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur because of the strain: cold working.
noun
  1. the relative absence of heat: Everyone suffered from the intense cold.
  2. the sensation produced by loss of heat from the body, as by contact with anything having a lower temperature than that of the body: He felt the cold of the steel door against his cheek.
  3. cold weather: He can't take the cold.
  4. a respiratory disorder characterized by sneezing, sore throat, coughing, etc., caused by an allergic reaction or by a viral, bacterial, or mixed infection.
adverb
  1. with complete competence, thoroughness, or certainty; absolutely: He learned his speech cold.
  2. without preparation or prior notice: She had to play the lead role cold.
  3. in an abrupt, unceremonious manner: He quit the job cold.
  4. at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur (sometimes used in combination): to cold-hammer an iron bar; The wire was drawn cold.
Idioms
  1. to get or suffer from a cold: We all caught cold during that dreadful winter.
  2. (in sports and games) to become unproductive or ineffective; be unable to score.
  3. blood (def. 20).
  4. out of a position or condition of exile, concealment, isolation, or alienation: Since the new government promised amnesty, fugitive rebels are coming in from the cold.
  5. neglected; ignored; forgotten: After the baby came, the young husband felt left out in the cold.
  6. to disparage; disapprove of; dampen the enthusiasm of: They threw cold water on her hopes to take acting classes.
adjective
  1. having relatively little warmth; of a rather low temperature
  2. without sufficient or proper warmth
  3. lacking in affection, enthusiasm, or warmth of feeling
  4. not affected by emotion; objective
  5. dead
  6. sexually unresponsive or frigid
  7. lacking in freshness
  8. chilling to the spirit; depressing
  9. (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; giving no sensation of warmth
  10. denoting or relating to a process in which work-hardening occurs as a result of the plastic deformation of a metal at too low a temperature for annealing to take place
  11. (of a process) not involving heat, in contrast with traditional methods
  12. (of a seeker) far from the object of a search
  13. denoting the contacting of potential customers, voters, etc, without previously approaching them in order to establish their interest
  14. little or no comfort
  15. the use of bayonets, knives, etc, in combat
  16. without advance notice; without giving preparatory information
  17. showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly
  18. to fail to excite someone
  19. to be unenthusiastic about or discourage
noun
  1. the absence of heat regarded as a positive force
  2. the sensation caused by loss or lack of heat
  3. neglected; ignored
  4. an acute viral infection of the upper respiratory passages characterized by discharge of watery mucus from the nose, sneezing, etc
  5. to make a loss; lose one's investment
adverb
  1. without preparation
  2. thoroughly; absolutely
Cold (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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