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cold  (colder comparative) (coldest superlative) (colds plural )
1  adj Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable., (Antonym: hot, warm)  Rinse the vegetables under cold running water..., He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold..., Your dinner's getting cold.  
♦  coldness  n-uncount usu with supp  (Antonym: warmth)  She complained about the coldness of his hands.  
2  adj If it is cold, or if a place is cold, the temperature of the air is very low. 
oft it v-link ADJ  (Antonym: hot, warm)  It was bitterly cold..., The house is cold because I can't afford to turn the heat on..., This is the coldest winter I can remember.  
♦  coldness  n-uncount usu with supp 
Within quarter of an hour the coldness of the night had gone.  
3  n-uncount Cold weather or low temperatures can be referred to as  the cold. 
also the N  (Antonym: heat)  He must have come inside to get out of the cold..., His feet were blue with cold.  
4  adj If you are cold, your body is at an unpleasantly low temperature. 
usu v-link ADJ 
I was freezing cold..., I'm hungry, I'm cold and I've nowhere to sleep.  
5  adj Cold food, such as salad or meat that has been cooked and cooled, is not intended to be eaten hot. 
usu ADJ n  (Antonym: hot)  A wide variety of hot and cold snacks will be available., ...cold meats.  
6  adj Cold colours or cold light give an impression of coldness., (Antonym: warm)  Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede., ...the cold blue light from a streetlamp.  
7  adj A cold person does not show much emotion, especially affection, and therefore seems unfriendly and unsympathetic. If someone's voice is cold, they speak in an unfriendly unsympathetic way., (disapproval, Antonym: warm)  What a cold, unfeeling woman she was..., `Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice.  
♦  coldly  adv 
`I'll see you in the morning,' Hugh said coldly.  
♦  coldness  n-uncount 
His coldness angered her.  
8  adj A cold trail or scent is one which is old and therefore difficult to follow., (Antonym: fresh)  He could follow a cold trail over hard ground and even over stones.  
9  n-count If you have a cold, you have a mild, very common illness which makes you sneeze a lot and gives you a sore throat or a cough. 
10 
 →  common cold 
11 If you catch cold, or catch a cold, you become ill with a cold. 
♦ catch cold/catch a cold  phrase V inflects 
Let's dry our hair so we don't catch cold.  
12 If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you. 
♦ leave sb cold  phrase V inflects 
Lawrence is one of those writers who either excite you enormously or leave you cold.  
13 If someone is out cold, they are unconscious or sleeping very heavily. 
♦ out cold  phrase v-link PHR 
She was out cold but still breathing.  
14 
 →  in cold blood 
 →  blood 
 →  to get cold feet 
 →  foot 
 →  to blow hot and cold 
 →  hot 
 →  to pour cold water on  something 
 →  water 



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