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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  COLD
       
          1.  A sugared version of COLD-K.
       
          2.  Computer Output to Laser Disc.
       
          (1995-01-04)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cold \Cold\, n.
     1. The relative absence of heat or warmth.
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     2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness
        or chillness.
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              When she saw her lord prepared to part,
              A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. --Dryden.
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     3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by
        exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
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     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.
  
     To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him.
        [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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     2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the
        absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
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     3. Not pungent or acrid. ``Cold plants.'' --Bacon
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     4. Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion;
        spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
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              A cold and unconcerned spectator.     --T. Burnet.
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              No cold relation is a zealous citizen. --Burke.
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     5. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. ``Cold news for
        me.'' ``Cold comfort.'' --Shak.
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     6. Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
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              What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the
              better part of life in!               --B. Jonson.
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              The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a
              second scene.                         --Addison.
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     7. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but
        feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
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     8. Not sensitive; not acute.
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              Smell this business with a sense as cold
              As is a dead man's nose.              --Shak.
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     9. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object,
        of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
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     10. (Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
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     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.
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              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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cold \Cold\, v. i.
     To become cold. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  COLD
       Computer Output on LaserDisk

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) 2.0 : [ 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"
       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"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
          [syn: coldness, low temperature] [ant: hotness]
       3: the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered
          from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" [syn: coldness]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cold
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 κρυώνω, κρύος, θερμοκρασία χαμηλότερη από τη συνηθισμένη
     2 κρύος, δροσερός, κρυώνω, φαγητό ή ποτό που δεν θερμαίνεται ή
  ψύχεται μετά το μαγείρεμα
     3 ψυχρός
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (countable) το συνάχι, το κρυολόγημα, το κρύωμα
     2 (uncountable) το κρύο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cold
     Middle English a.
     1 (senseid enm adjective) (lb enm temperature) (l en cold), cool
     2 (lb enm weather) (l en cold), cool
     3 (lb enm locations) having a tendency to be cold
     4 cold-feeling, cold when touched, cooled, chilly
     5 lifeless, having the pallor of death
     6 cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive
     7 distressed, sorrowful, worried
     8 (lb enm alchemy medicine) Considered to be alchemically cold
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en cold), coldness
     2 The feeling of coldness or chill
     3 Lack of feelings or emotion
     4 (lb enm alchemy medicine) Alchemical coldness

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cold
     a.
     1 (lb en of a thing) Having a low temperature.
     2 (lb en of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
     3 (lb en of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness,
  especially to the point of discomfort.
     4 (senseid en unfriendly) unfriendly; emotionally distant or
  unfeeling.
     5 dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
     6 Completely unprepared; without introduction.
     n.
     1 A condition of low temperature.
     2 (lb en with 'the' figurative) A harsh place; a place of
  abandonment.
     3 (lb en medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually
  with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
     4 (lb en slang) rheum, sleepy dust
     adv.
     1 At a low temperature.
     2 Without preparation.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cold
     Middle English a.
     1 (senseid enm adjective) (lb enm temperature) (l en cold), cool
     2 (lb enm weather) (l en cold), cool
     3 (lb enm locations) having a tendency to be cold
     4 cold-feeling, cold when touched, cooled, chilly
     5 lifeless, having the pallor of death
     6 cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive
     7 distressed, sorrowful, worried
     8 (lb enm alchemy medicine) Considered to be alchemically cold
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en cold), coldness
     2 The feeling of coldness or chill
     3 Lack of feelings or emotion
     4 (lb enm alchemy medicine) Alchemical coldness

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cold
     Middle English a.
     1 (senseid enm adjective) (lb enm temperature) (l en cold), cool
     2 (lb enm weather) (l en cold), cool
     3 (lb enm locations) having a tendency to be cold
     4 cold-feeling, cold when touched, cooled, chilly
     5 lifeless, having the pallor of death
     6 cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive
     7 distressed, sorrowful, worried
     8 (lb enm alchemy medicine) Considered to be alchemically cold
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en cold), coldness
     2 The feeling of coldness or chill
     3 Lack of feelings or emotion
     4 (lb enm alchemy medicine) Alchemical coldness

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cold
     Englanti a.
     1 kylmä
     2 epäystävällinen, välinpitämätön
     3 kylmiltään suorittava
     4 frigidi
     Englanti adv.
     1 kylmiltään
     2 kylmästi
     3 kylmänä
     Englanti n.
     1 kylmyys
     2 kylmä
     3 pakkanen
     4 vilustuminen, flunssa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cold
     Engelska a.
     1 kall; av låg temperatur
     2 kallsinnig, avvisande
     Engelska n.
     1 förkylning
     2 kyla, köld

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  cold /kˈəʊld/
  koud

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cold /kˈəʊld/
  البرد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cold //kaʉld// //koʊld// //kəʊld// /[kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]/ /[kʰɔʊ(ɫ)d]/ 
  1. студе́н 2.
  having a low temperature
   3.
  of the weather
  2. равнодушен, хладен
  of a person
  3. неприветлив, хладен
  unfriendly
  4. неподготвен
  unprepared

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cold //kaʉld// //koʊld// //kəʊld// /[kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]/ /[kʰɔʊ(ɫ)d]/ 
  1. просту́да
  illness
  2. студ
  low temperature