cold /koʊld/
1. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
synset: cold, common_cold
2. the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
synset: coldness, cold, low_temperature, frigidity, frigidness
antonym: hotness, heat, high_temperature
3. the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
1. 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"
synset: cold
2. extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
synset: cold
3. having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
synset: cold
4. (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey"
synset: cold
5. marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
synset: cold
6. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
synset: cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten
7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
synset: cold
8. sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
9. without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
synset: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
10. feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
synset: cold
11. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
synset: cold
12. of a seeker; far from the object sought
synset: cold
13. lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
synset: cold
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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