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The Meaning of cold

  • (n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
  • (n.) Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
  • (n.) Not pungent or acrid.
  • (n.) Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
  • (n.) Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
  • (n.) Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
  • (n.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
  • (n.) Not sensitive; not acute.
  • (n.) Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
  • (n.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
  • (n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth.
  • (n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
  • (n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
  • (v. i.) To become cold.

Synonyms

common cold , coldness , low temperature , frigidity , frigidness , coldness , stale , dusty , moth-eaten , frigid , cold-blooded , inhuman , insensate

Antonyms

hotness , hot , hot

Rhymes

ahold , behold , berthold , billfold , blindfold , bold , bowled , cajoled , centerfold , chokehold , consoled , controlled , decontrolled , dold , doled , eightfold , enfold , enrolled , fivefold , fold , foothold , fourfold , freehold , gold , golde , griswold , handhold , hold , holde , household , leasehold , leopold , lippold , machold , mangold , manifold , marigold , mold , mould , ninefold , nold , nolde , old , olde , outsold , oversold , paroled , patrolled , penfold , poled , polled , remold , resold , rheingold , ringgold , roald , rolled , scold , sevenfold , sixfold , sold , stranglehold , strolled , stronghold , tenfold , threefold , threshold , told , tolled , twofold , uncontrolled , undersold , unfold , unsold , untold , uphold , vold , withhold , wold