cold
Definitions
- Acronym of computer output to laser disc.
- cold (having a low temperature)
- A condition of low temperature.
- Fry.
- cool
- A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
- Lacking benefits given to others; neglected.
- cold (unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling)
- A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
- coldness. — algid, adj.
- cool (of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself)
- Rheum; sleepy dust.
- an abnormal fear or dislike of cold.
- cold, coldness (a condition of low temperature)
- the branch of physics that studies the production and effects of very low temperatures. — cryogenic, adj.
- a thermometer for measuring very low temperatures.
- the measurement of extremely low temperatures, by means of a cryometer. — cryometric, adj.
- Biology. a preference for low temperatures. — cryophile, n. — cryophilic, adj.
- an abnormal fear of ice or frost.
- the study of the freezing points of fluids.
- a surgical technique using freezing to destroy tissue.
Equivalents
Examples
“Come⟳ in, out of the cold.”
“The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.”
“I caught a miserable cold and had to stay⟳ home for a week”
“Dr. Jon S. Abramson, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Wake⟳ Forest Medical School, has found no medical evidence to support⟳ feeding a cold and starving a fever. He is particularly offended by the latter part of the phrase. […] “Always feed⟳ both colds and fevers,” Abramson said.”
“Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see⟳ who's this pagin' me and why”
“But I remember⟳ this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit⟳”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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