cold
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
will they never find a cure for the common cold?
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Sense 2 adjective
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
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Sense 3 noun
the absence of heat
the coldness made our breath visible
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Sense 4 adjective
extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
a cold unfriendly nod
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Sense 5 noun
the sensation produced by low temperatures
he shivered from the cold
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Sense 6 adjective
having lost freshness through passage of time
a cold trail
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Sense 7 adjective
(color) giving no sensation of warmth
a cold bluish grey
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Sense 8 adjective
marked by errorless familiarity
had her lines cold before rehearsals started
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Sense 9 adjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
moth-eaten theories about race
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Sense 10 adjective
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
cold fury gripped him
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Sense 11 adjective
sexually unresponsive
was cold to his advances
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Sense 12 adjective
without compunction or human feeling
in cold blood
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Sense 13 adjective
feeling or showing no enthusiasm
a cold audience
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Sense 14 adjective
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
the boxer was out cold
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Sense 15 adjective
of a seeker; far from the object sought
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Sense 16 adjective
lacking the warmth of life
cold in his grave
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rhinorrhea |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicable disease |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | respiratory disease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head cold |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | frozen |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | cool |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | hot |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | temperature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | low temperature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coldness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | acold |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | algid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gelid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cutting |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | parky |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nipping |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | frigorific |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | frore |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rimed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | heatless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ice-cold |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | refrigerant |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | refrigerated |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | shivery |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | stone-cold |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unheated |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | hotness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cold |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vasoconstrictor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | temperature |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | iciness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chilliness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frostiness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cool |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | passionless |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | cool |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | hot |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | emotionality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coldness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | emotionless |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | icy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cold |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | temperature |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | stale |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | cool |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | perfect |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | staleness |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | unoriginal |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | intense |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | coldness |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | frigidity |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | unloving |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | inhumanity |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhumane |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | coldness |
| 13 | similar to | Related & opposite | unenthusiastic |
| 14 | similar to | Related & opposite | unconscious |
| 15 | similar to | Related & opposite | far |
| 16 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |