cold

adjective

• 1of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body:a freezing cold day it’s cold outside a sharp, cold wind
• (of food or drink) served or consumed without being heated or after cooling:a cold drink serve hot or cold
• (of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold:she was cold, and I put some more wood on the fire
• feeling or characterized by fear or horror:he suddenly went cold with a dreadful certainty a cold shiver of fear
• informal unconscious:she was out cold
• dead:lying cold and stiff in a coffin

• 2lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional:how cold and calculating he was cold black eyes cold politeness
• not affected by emotion; objective:cold statistics
• sexually unresponsive; frigid.
• depressing or dispiriting; not suggestive of warmth:the cold, impersonal barrack-room a cold light streamed through the window
• (of a color) containing pale blue or gray.
• ineffective in playing a game:Butler capitalized on Xavier’s cold shooting

• 3(of the scent or trail of a hunted person or animal) no longer fresh and easy to follow:the trail went cold
• (in children’s games) far from finding or guessing what is sought, as opposed to warm or nearing success.

• 4without preparation or rehearsal; unawares:going into the test cold

noun

• 1a low temperature, especially in the atmosphere; cold weather; a cold environment:my teeth chattered with the cold they nearly died of cold

• 2a common viral infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, a sore throat, and other similar symptoms.

adverb

• completely; entirely:she knew world capitals cold by age nine