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adjective

• (of a thing) Having a low temperature.

  Example: A cold wind whistled through the trees.

• (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

  Example: The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

• (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

  Example: She was so cold she was shivering.

• Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

  Example: She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

• Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

  Example: He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.

• Completely unprepared; without introduction.

  Example: He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

• Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

  Example: After one more beer he passed out cold.

• (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

  Example: Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.

• (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.

  Example: Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.

• Not pungent or acrid.

• Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

• Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

  Example: a cold scent

• Not sensitive; not acute.

• Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

  Example: You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!

• Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

• Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

• Without compassion; heartless; ruthless

  Example: I can't believe she said that...that was cold!

noun

• A condition of low temperature.

  Example: Come in, out of the cold.

• (with 'the') A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

  Example: The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.

• A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

  Example: I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week

• Rheum, sleepy dust

adverb

• While at low temperature.

  Example: The steel was processed cold.

• Without preparation.

  Example: The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.

• With finality.

  Example: I knocked him out cold.

• In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.