meaning of cold
1. Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
3. Not pungent or acrid.
4. Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
5. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
6. Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
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.
9. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
10. Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
11. The relative absence of heat or warmth.
12. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
13. A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
14. To become cold.
15. COLD 1.
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