cold

used of physical coldness; 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”
• “a cold room”
• “dinner has gotten cold”
• “cold fingers”
• “if you are cold, turn up the heat”
• “a cold beer”

extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

• “a cold unfriendly nod”
• “a cold and unaffectionate person”
• “a cold impersonal manner”
• “cold logic”
• “the concert left me cold”

having lost freshness through passage of time

• “a cold trail”
• “dogs attempting to catch a cold scent”

(color) giving no sensation of warmth

• “a cold bluish gray”

marked by errorless familiarity

• “had her lines cold before rehearsals started”

no longer new; uninteresting

• “cold (or stale) news”

so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

• “cold fury gripped him”

sexually unresponsive

• “was cold to his advances”
• “a frigid woman”

without compunction or human feeling

• “in cold blood”
• “cold-blooded killing”
• “insensate destruction”

feeling or showing no enthusiasm

• “a cold audience”
• “a cold response to the new play”

unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

• “the boxer was out cold”
• “pass out cold”

of a seeker; far from the object sought

lacking the warmth of life

• “cold in his grave”

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

• “will they never find a cure for the common cold?”

the absence of heat

• “the coldness made our breath visible”
• “come in out of the cold”
• “cold is a vasoconstrictor”

the sensation produced by low temperatures

• “he shivered from the cold”
• “the cold helped clear his head”