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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cold \Cold\, n. 1. The relative absence of heat or warmth. 2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. When she saw her lord prepared to part A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. --Dryden. 3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh. {Cold sore} (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cold \Cold\ (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. {Colder} (-[~e]r); superl. {Coldest}.] [OE. cold, cald, AS cald, ceald; akin to OS kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf {Cool}, a., {Chill}, n.] 1. Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. ``The snowy top of cold Olympis.'' --Milton. 2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as to be cold. 3. Not pungent or acrid. ``Cold plants.'' --Bacon 4. Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved. A cold and unconcerned spectator. --T. Burnet. No cold relation is a zealous citizen. --Burke. 5. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. ``Cold news for me.'' ``Cold comfort.'' --Shak. 6. Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting. What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! --B. Jonson The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene. --Addison. 7. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as a cold scent. 8. Not sensitive; not acute. Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose. --Shak. 9. Distant; -- said in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. 10. (Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf {Warm}, 8. {Cold abscess}. See under {Abscess}. {Cold blast} See under {Blast}, n., 2. {Cold blood}. See under {Blood}, n., 8. {Cold chill}, an ague fit --Wright. {Cold chisel}, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. --Weale. {Cold cream}. See under {Cream}. {Cold slaw}. See {Cole slaw}. {In cold blood}, without excitement or passion; deliberately. He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over --Sir W. Scott. {To give one the cold shoulder}, to treat one with neglect. Syn: Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cold \Cold\, v. i. To become cold. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cold adj 1: used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" [ant: {hot}] 2: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold" [ant: {hot}] 3: having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent" 4: (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish gray" 5: marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started" 6: no longer new uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news" [syn: {stale}] 7: so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him" 8: sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman" [syn: {frigid}] 9: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: {cold-blooded}, {inhuman}, {insensate}] 10: feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"; "a cool reply to the invitation" [syn: {cool}] 11: unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold" 12: of a seeker; far from the object sought 13: lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave" n 1: a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?" [syn: {common cold}] 2: the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold" [syn: {coldness}, {low temperature}] [ant: {hotness}] 3: the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the colda"; "the cold helped clear his head" [syn: {coldness}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: COLD 1.A {sugar}ed version of {COLD-K}. 2. {Computer Output to Laser Disc}. (1995-01-04) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: COLD Computer Output on LaserDisk
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