cold

(noun) a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs). Synonyms: common cold. Example: "Will they never find a cure for the common cold?."

(noun) the absence of heat. Synonyms: coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness. Examples: "The coldness made our breath visible." "Come in out of the cold." "Cold is a vasoconstrictor."

(noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures. Synonyms: coldness. Examples: "He shivered from the cold." "The cold helped clear his head."

(adj) having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration. Synonyms: cold (vs. hot). Examples: "A cold climate." "A cold room." "Dinner has gotten cold." "Cold fingers." "If you are cold, turn up the heat." "A cold beer."

(adj) extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion. Synonyms: cold (vs. hot). Examples: "A cold unfriendly nod." "A cold and unaffectionate person." "A cold impersonal manner." "Cold logic." "The concert left me cold."

(adj) having lost freshness through passage of time. Examples: "A cold trail." "Dogs attempting to catch a cold scent."

(adj) (color) giving no sensation of warmth. Example: "A cold bluish grey."

(adj) marked by errorless familiarity. Example: "Had her lines cold before rehearsals started."

(adj) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new. Synonyms: stale, dusty, moth-eaten. Examples: "Moth-eaten theories about race." "Stale news."

(adj) so intense as to be almost uncontrollable. Example: "Cold fury gripped him."

(adj) sexually unresponsive. Synonyms: frigid. Examples: "Was cold to his advances." "A frigid woman."

(adj) without compunction or human feeling. Synonyms: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate. Examples: "In cold blood." "Cold-blooded killing." "Insensate destruction."

(adj) feeling or showing no enthusiasm. Examples: "A cold audience." "A cold response to the new play."

(adj) unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication. Examples: "The boxer was out cold." "Pass out cold."

(adj) of a seeker; far from the object sought.

(adj) lacking the warmth of life. Example: "Cold in his grave."