Cold

  • 51cold — adjective 1) a cold day Syn: chilly, chill, cool, freezing, icy, snowy, wintry, frosty, frigid, gelid; bitter, biting, raw, bone chilling, nippy, arctic Ant …

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  • 52cold —  1. leave one cold Fail to move or impress one.  2. See knock cold and brass monkey weather.  3. have cold Have at one s mercy …

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  • 53cold — [OE] Cold is a word of ancient roots. It can be traced back to the Indo European base *gel , *gol , which also produced Latin gelu ‘frost’, ultimate source of English congeal, gel, and jelly. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *kal , *kōl ,… …

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  • 54cold — I adj Unemotional. I find Phillip rather cold. 1170s II adv Completely, immediately. Marguerite stopped Paul coldwith her question. 1900s III adj That is no longer or can no longer be pursued. After 24 hours, all the leads in the case were cold.… …

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  • 55cold n — Which is faster hot or cold? Hot You can catch a cold …

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  • 56cold — I. a. 1. Devoid of warmth or heat, chilled, frigid, gelid, cool, cooled. 2. Bleak, raw, biting, cutting, nipping, chill, chilly, boreal, arctic, polar, frosty, icy, wintry, hyemal, brumal. 3. Chilly, chill, shivering. 4. Apathetic, unsympathetic …

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  • 57cold — adjective 1) a cold day Syn: chilly, chill, cool, freezing, icy, wintry, frosty, bitter, raw; informal nippy; Brit.; informal parky 2) a cold reception Syn …

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  • 58cold — 1. adj. dead. He s cold. No need to shoot him again. 2. adv. suddendly and completely. He stopped cold when he saw the dead body …

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  • 59cold — /kəυld/ adjective without being prepared ▪▪▪ ‘…the board is considering the introduction of a set of common provisions on unsolicited calls to investors. The board is aiming to permit the cold calling of customer agreements for the provision of… …

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  • 60cold — [OE] Cold is a word of ancient roots. It can be traced back to the Indo European base *gel , *gol , which also produced Latin gelu ‘frost’, ultimate source of English congeal, gel, and jelly. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *kal , *kōl ,… …

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