cold

cold¹ W1S1 [kəuld US kould] adj comparative colder superlative coldest

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1¦(objects/surfaces/liquids/rooms)¦

2¦(weather)¦

3 be/feel/look/get cold

4¦(food)¦

5¦(lacking feeling)¦

6 get/have cold feet

7 give somebody the cold shoulder

8¦(light/colour)¦

9 in the cold light of day

10 cold (hard) cash

11 leave somebody cold

12 take/need a cold shower

13 somebody's trail/scent is cold

14¦(in games)¦

15 cold facts

16 cold steel

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[: Old English; Origin: ceald, cald]

1.) ¦(OBJECTS/SURFACES/LIQUIDS/ROOMS)¦

something that is cold has a low temperature

≠ ↑hot

→↑coldness

▪ She splashed her face with cold water.

▪ a blast of cold air

▪ We slept on the cold ground.

▪ The house felt cold and empty.

ice/stone/freezing cold

(=very cold)

▪ The radiator is stone cold; isn't the heating working?

go/get cold

(=become cold)

▪ My tea's gone cold.

▪ Come and eat or your dinner will get cold!

2.) ¦(WEATHER)¦

when there is cold weather, the temperature of the air is very low

≠ ↑hot

→↑coldness

▪ It was so cold this morning I had to scrape the ice off my windshield.

▪ The day was bitterly cold .

▪ The hut sheltered her from the cold wind.

cold winter/evening/January etc

▪ the coldest winter on record

cold out/outside

▪ It was raining and freezing cold outside.

▪ The weather gets colder around the middle of October.

turn/grow cold

(=become cold or colder, especially suddenly)

▪ The nights grew colder.

3.) be/feel/look/get cold

if you are cold, your body is at a low temperature

▪ Could you turn up the heater, I'm cold.

▪ I feel so cold!

▪ My feet are as cold as ice (=very cold) .

4.) ¦(FOOD)¦

cold food is cooked but not eaten hot

▪ a plate of cold meats

▪ a cold buffet

▪ Serve the potatoes cold.

5.) ¦(LACKING FEELING)¦

unfriendly or lacking normal human feelings such as sympathy, pity, humour etc

≠ ↑warm

→↑coldly, coldness ↑coldness

▪ Martin was really cold towards me at the party.

▪ His voice was sharp and cold as ice.

▪ She gave him a cold stare.

▪ a cold, calculated murder

6.) get/have cold feet informal

to suddenly feel that you are not brave enough to do something you planned to do

▪ The plan failed after sponsors got cold feet.

7.) give sb the cold shoulder informal

to deliberately ignore someone or be unfriendly to them, especially because they have upset or offended you

8.) ¦(LIGHT/COLOUR)¦

a cold colour or light reminds you of things that are cold

≠ ↑warm

→↑coldness

▪ the cold light of a fluorescent tube

9.) in the cold light of day

in the morning, when you can think clearly or see something clearly

▪ The house seemed less threatening in the cold light of day.

10.) cold (hard) cash

AmE money in the form of paper money and coins rather than cheques or ↑credit cards

11.) leave sb cold

to not feel interested in or affected by something in any way

▪ Opera left him cold.

12.) take/need a cold shower

used humorously to say that someone is sexually excited and the cold water will stop them feeling that way

13.) sb's trail/scent is cold

used to say that you cannot find someone because it has been too long since they passed or lived in a particular place

▪ The trail's gone cold. I tracked the boy as far as the factory, but there it ended.

14.) ¦(IN GAMES)¦ [not before noun]

used in children's games, to say that someone is far away from the hidden object or answer they are trying to find

▪ You're getting colder!

15.) cold facts

facts without anything added to make them more pleasant or interesting

▪ Statistics can be merely cold facts.

16.) cold steel

literary a weapon such as a knife or sword

→in cold blood at ↑blood¹ (3), cold fish at ↑fish¹ (8), blow hot and cold at ↑blow¹ (21), cold comfort at ↑comfort¹ (7), pour cold water over/on at ↑pour, a cold sweat at ↑sweat² (4)

cold ²

cold² n

1.)

a common illness that makes it difficult to breathe through your nose and often makes your throat hurt

▪ I' ve got a bad cold .

▪ Keep your feet dry so you don't catch a cold (=become ill) .

→↑common cold

2.) [U] also the cold

a low temperature or cold weather

▪ I was shivering with cold.

▪ Don't go out in the cold without your coat!

you'll catch your death of cold

(=used to warn someone that they may become very ill if they do not keep themselves warm in cold weather) BrE

3.) come in from the cold

to become accepted or recognized, especially by a powerful group of people

4.) leave sb out in the cold informal

to not include someone in an activity

▪ He chose to favour us one at a time and the others were left out in the cold.

cold ³

cold³ adv

1.) AmE suddenly and completely

▪ Paul stopped cold. 'What was that noise?'

2.) out cold informal

unconscious

▪ He drank until he was out cold.

▪ You were knocked out cold (=hit on the head so that you became unconscious) .

3.) without preparation

▪ I can't just get up there and make a speech cold!