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The definition of cold
26 Definitions of: cold
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- adjective, having relatively little warmth; of a rather low temperature
- adjective, without sufficient or proper warmth
- adjective, lacking in affection, enthusiasm, or warmth of feeling
- adjective, not affected by emotion; objective
- adjective, dead
- adjective, sexually unresponsive or frigid
- adjective, lacking in freshness
- adjective, chilling to the spirit; depressing
- adjective, (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; giving no sensation of warmth
- adjective, metallurgy 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
- adjective, (of a process) not involving heat, in contrast with traditional methods
- adjective, (of a seeker) far from the object of a search
- adjective, denoting the contacting of potential customers, voters, etc, without previously approaching them in order to establish their interest
- adjective, cold comfort little or no comfort
- adjective, cold steel the use of bayonets, knives, etc, in combat
- adjective, from cold without advance notice; without giving preparatory information
- adjective, in cold blood showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly
- adjective, leave (someone) cold to fail to excite (someone)
- adjective, throw (or pour) cold water on to be unenthusiastic about or discourage
- noun, the absence of heat regarded as a positive force
- noun, the sensation caused by loss or lack of heat
- noun, (out) in the cold neglected; ignored
- noun, an acute viral infection of the upper respiratory passages characterized by discharge of watery mucus from the nose, sneezing, etc
- noun, catch a cold slang to make a loss; lose one's investment
- adverb, without preparation
- adverb, thoroughly; absolutely
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