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COLD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The absence of heat
Example:
cold is a vasoconstrictor
Synonyms:
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("cold" is a kind of...):
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)
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cold"):
chill; gelidity; iciness (coldness due to a cold environment)
chilliness; coolness; nip (the property of being moderately cold)
frostiness (coldness as evidenced by frost)
cool (the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature)
Derivation:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The sensation produced by low temperatures
Example:
the cold helped clear his head
Synonyms:
cold; coldness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cold" is a kind of...):
temperature (the somatic sensation of cold or heat)
Derivation:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
Example:
will they never find a cure for the common cold?
Synonyms:
cold; common cold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cold" is a kind of...):
communicable disease (a disease that can be communicated from one person to another)
respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)
Meronyms (parts of "cold"):
rhinorrhea (persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cold"):
head cold (a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking the warmth of life
Example:
cold in his grave
Classified under:
Similar:
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a seeker; far from the object sought
Classified under:
Similar:
far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
Example:
pass out cold
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unconscious (not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Feeling or showing no enthusiasm
Example:
a cold response to the new play
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unenthusiastic (not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor)
Derivation:
coldness (a lack of affection or enthusiasm)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Having lost freshness through passage of time
Example:
dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
stale (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
Example:
a cold beer
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unheated; unwarmed (not having been heated or warmed)
stone-cold (completely cold)
shivery (cold enough to cause shivers)
refrigerated (made or kept cold by refrigeration)
refrigerant; refrigerating (causing cooling or freezing)
ice-cold (as cold as ice)
heatless (without generating heat)
frosty; rimed; rimy (covered with frost)
frore (very cold)
frigorific (causing cold; cooling or chilling)
crisp; frosty; nipping; nippy; snappy (pleasantly cold and invigorating)
chilly; parky (appreciably or disagreeably cold)
bleak; cutting; raw (unpleasantly cold and damp)
arctic; frigid; gelid; glacial; icy; polar (extremely cold)
algid (chilly)
acold (of persons; feeling cold)
Also:
frozen (turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold)
cool (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat)
Attribute:
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Antonym:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
Derivation:
cold (the absence of heat)
cold; coldness (the sensation produced by low temperatures)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
Example:
the concert left me cold
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
emotionless; passionless (unmoved by feeling)
frigid; frosty; frozen; glacial; icy; wintry (devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain)
Also:
cool (psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike)
passionless (not passionate)
Attribute:
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Antonym:
hot (extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm)
Derivation:
coldness (a lack of affection or enthusiasm)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Without compunction or human feeling
Example:
insensate destruction
Synonyms:
cold; cold-blooded; inhuman; insensate
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inhumane (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Sexually unresponsive
Example:
a frigid woman
Synonyms:
cold; frigid
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unloving (not giving or reciprocating affection)
Derivation:
coldness (a lack of affection or enthusiasm)
Sense 10
Meaning:
So intense as to be almost uncontrollable
Example:
cold fury gripped him
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Example:
stale news
Synonyms:
cold; dusty; moth-eaten; stale
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Marked by errorless familiarity
Example:
had her lines cold before rehearsals started
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
perfect (being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish)
Sense 13
Meaning:
(color) giving no sensation of warmth
Example:
a cold bluish grey
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
cool (inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color)
Context examples:
Sit ye down by the fire, the while, my dear, and warm those mortal cold hands.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
People do not die of little trifling colds.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
As I still pursued my journey to the northward, the snows thickened and the cold increased in a degree almost too severe to support.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales; and it was plain from the first that my poor father was little likely to see the spring.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Pertussis begins like a cold, but develops into severe coughing and gasping for air.
(Pertussis, NCI Dictionary)
A synthetic, brick-red crystalline solid that is only slightly soluble in cold water and ethanol but is soluble in boiling water, acetic acid, glycerol, ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
(Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by functional disturbances of sensory neurons resulting in abnormal cutaneous sensations of tingling, numbness, pressure, cold, and warmth that are experienced in the absence of a stimulus.
(Paresthesia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Abnormal cutaneous sensations of tingling, numbness, pressure, cold, and warmth that an individual experiences without the presence of a stimulus.
(Paresthesia, NCI Thesaurus)
You may also have physical symptoms, such as: • Fast heartbeat • Chest or stomach pain • Breathing difficulty • Weakness or dizziness • Sweating • Feeling hot or a cold chill • Tingly or numb hands
(Panic Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
