Definition of colds Colds
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Wiktionary 
- colds (Noun)
Plural of cold.
Part of speech
đ¤- colds, noun, plural of cold.
WordNet
NounPlural: colds |
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| cold - a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?" | ||
| common cold | ||
| respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness a disease affecting the respiratory system | ||
| communicable disease a disease that can be communicated from one person to another | ||
| head cold a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache | ||
| cold - the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" | ||
| coldness | ||
| temperature the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | ||
| cold - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" | ||
| coldness, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness | ||
| high temperature, hotness, heat a hot spiciness | ||
| temperature the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | ||
| pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | ||
| gelidity, iciness, chill coldness due to a cold environment | ||
| chilliness, coolness, nip the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning" | ||
| frostiness a silvery-white color | ||
Adjectivecold, colder, coldest |
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| cold - 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" | ||
| hot marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market" | ||
| cool marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" | ||
| frozen not convertible to cash; "frozen assets" | ||
| temperature the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | ||
| acold of persons; feeling cold; "Poor Tom's acold"- Shakespeare | ||
| algid chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure" | ||
| gelid, arctic, frigid, glacial, icy, polar extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" | ||
| bleak, cutting, raw unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" | ||
| parky, chilly not characterized by emotion; "a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham | ||
| nipping, nippy, frosty, snappy, crisp a sharp biting taste; "a nippy cheese" | ||
| frigorific causing cold; cooling or chilling | ||
| frore very cold; "whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet" | ||
| rimed, rimy, frosty covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner | ||
| heatless without generating heat; "luminescent organisms emit heatless light" | ||
| ice-cold as cold as ice | ||
| refrigerant, refrigerating causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" | ||
| refrigerated made or kept cold by refrigeration; "keep the milk refrigerated"; "a refrigerated truck" | ||
| shivery cold enough to cause shivers; "felt all shivery"; "shivery weather" | ||
| stone-cold completely cold; "by the time he got back to his coffee it was stone-cold" | ||
| cold - 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" | ||
| hot marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market" | ||
| cool marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" | ||
| passionless not passionate; "passionless observation of human nature" | ||
| emotionalism, emotionality emotional nature or quality | ||
| emotionless, passionless unmoved by feeling; "he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served"; "this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland | ||
| cold - sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman" | ||
| frigid | ||
| unloving not giving or reciprocating affection | ||
| cold - feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play" | ||
| unenthusiastic not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra"; "unenthusiastic applause" | ||
| cold - without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" | ||
| cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate | ||
| inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" | ||
| cold - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news" | ||
| stale, dusty, moth-eaten | ||
| unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham | ||
| cold - lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave" | ||
| cold - of a seeker; far from the object sought | ||
| cold - unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold" | ||
| cold - having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent" | ||
| cold - so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him" | ||
| cold - marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started" | ||
| cold - (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey" | ||
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Wiktionary
- cold (Noun)
A condition of low temperature. - cold (Noun)
A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever. - cold (Adverb)
While at low temperature. - cold (Adverb)
Without preparation. - cold (Adverb)
With finality. - cold (Adjective)
Having a low temperature. - cold (Adjective)
Causing the air to be cold. - cold (Adjective)
Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort. - cold (Adjective)
Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling. - cold (Adjective)
Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial. - cold (Adjective)
Completely unprepared; without introduction. - cold (Adjective)
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness. - cold (Adjective)
Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart. - cold (Adjective)
Cornered, done for.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- cold (n.)
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. - cold (n.)
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold. - cold (n.)
Not pungent or acrid. - cold (n.)
Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved. - cold (n.)
Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. - cold (n.)
Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting. - cold (n.)
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent. - cold (n.)
Not sensitive; not acute. - cold (n.)
Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. - cold (n.)
Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8. - cold (n.)
The relative absence of heat or warmth. - cold (n.)
The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. - cold (n.)
A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh. - cold (v. i.)
To become cold.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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A condition of low temperature. -
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Having a low temperature. -
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A contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system; common symptoms include cough, sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion and sneezing. -
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Psychologically distant; without human warmth or emotion. -
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(color) giving no sensation of warmth. -
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Sexually unresponsive. -
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Without compunction or human feeling.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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cold
kĹld, adj. the opposite of hot: shivering: without passion or zeal: spiritless: unfriendly: indifferent: reserved.ân. a relative want of sensible heat: the feeling or sensation caused by the absence of heat: coldness: a spell of cold weather: a disease caused by cold, a catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory organs, usually accompanied by hoarseness and coughing: catarrh: chillness.âadj. Coldâ˛-bloodâ˛ed, having cold blood, as fishes: without feeling: hard-heartedâof persons or actions.âadv. Coldâ˛-bloodâ˛edly.âns. Coldâ˛-bloodâ˛edness; Coldâ˛-Chisâ˛el, a strong and finely-tempered chisel for cutting cold metal, as distinguished from a blacksmith's chisel for cutting hot iron; Coldâ˛-cream, the name applied to a creamy ointment, usually made of almond-oil, spermaceti, white wax, and rose-water, used as a cooling dressing for the skin.âadjs. Coldâ˛-heartâ˛ed, wanting feeling: indifferent; Coldâ˛ish, somewhat cold.âadv. Coldly.âns. Coldâ˛ness; Coldâ˛-pig (coll.), the application of cold water to wake a person.âadj. Coldâ˛-short, brittle when cold: (fig.) of the temper.âns. Coldâ˛-watâ˛er, water at its natural temperature; Coldâ˛-withoutâ˛, brandy with cold water and no sugar.âCold as charity, a proverbial phrase expressing ironically great coldness or indifference.âCatch cold, Take cold, to acquire the maladyâa cold.âGive the cold shoulder, to show indifference: to give a rebuff.âIn cold blood, with deliberate intent, not under the influence of passion.âLeave out in the cold, to neglect, ignore.âThrow cold water on, to discourage. [A.S. ceald; Scot, cauld, Ger. kalt; cog. also with Eng. cool, Ice. kala, to freeze, L. gelidusâgelu, frost.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue đ
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You will catch cold at that; a vulgar threat or advice to desist from an attempt. He caught cold by lying in bed barefoot; a saying of any one extremely tender or careful of himself.
Wikipedia 
- Cold is a measurement of temperature that describes a lack of heat. Cold can range from 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) and lower. The temperatures in the winter season are often categorized as being cold. Cold is the opposite of hot.
Part of speech
đ¤- cold, noun, singular of colds.
- cold, adjective.
