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The Meaning of cold
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(n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
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(n.) Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
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(n.) Not pungent or acrid.
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(n.) Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
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(n.) Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
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(n.) Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
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(n.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
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(n.) Not sensitive; not acute.
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(n.) Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
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(n.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
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(n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth.
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(n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
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(n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
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(v. i.) To become cold.
Synonyms
common cold
,
coldness
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low temperature
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frigidity
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frigidness
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coldness
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stale
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dusty
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moth-eaten
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frigid
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cold-blooded
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inhuman
,
insensate
Antonyms
hotness
,
hot
,
hot
Rhymes
ahold
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behold
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berthold
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billfold
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blindfold
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bold
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bowled
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cajoled
,
centerfold
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chokehold
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consoled
,
controlled
,
decontrolled
,
dold
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doled
,
eightfold
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enfold
,
enrolled
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fivefold
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fold
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foothold
,
fourfold
,
freehold
,
gold
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golde
,
griswold
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handhold
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hold
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holde
,
household
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leasehold
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leopold
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lippold
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machold
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mangold
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manifold
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marigold
,
mold
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mould
,
ninefold
,
nold
,
nolde
,
old
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olde
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outsold
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oversold
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paroled
,
patrolled
,
penfold
,
poled
,
polled
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remold
,
resold
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rheingold
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ringgold
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roald
,
rolled
,
scold
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sevenfold
,
sixfold
,
sold
,
stranglehold
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strolled
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stronghold
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tenfold
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threefold
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threshold
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told
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tolled
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twofold
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uncontrolled
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undersold
,
unfold
,
unsold
,
untold
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uphold
,
vold
,
withhold
,
wold