cold
Having a low temperature.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having a low temperature.
“A cold wind whistled through the trees.”
Causing the air to be cold.
“The forecast is that it will be very cold today.”
Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
“She was so cold she was shivering.”
Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
“She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.”
Noun 3 meanings
A condition of low temperature.
“Come in, out of the cold.”
A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
“The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.”
A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
“I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week”
Adverb 2 meanings
At a low temperature.
“The steel was processed cold.”
Without preparation.
“The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cold, from Anglian Old English cald. The West Saxon form, ċeald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald.
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COLD at a glance
COLD has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + L 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #974 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cold
All rhymes- TOLD5
- HOLD8
- GOLD6
- SOLD5
- HOUSEHOLD16
- BOLD7
- FOLD8
- THRESHOLD16
- MOLD7
- BEHOLD12
- UPHOLD12
- UNFOLD10
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