cold : Idioms & Phrases

• verb come down with a cold
  

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• cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.

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• . See under Abscess.

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• See under Blast, n., 2.

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• . See under Blood, n., 8.

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• noun money in the form of cash that is readily available
  ready cash; ready money.
  
  • his wife was always a good source of ready cash
  • he paid cold cash for the TV set

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• noun a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated
  

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• noun a cereal that is not heated before serving
  dry cereal.
  

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• an ague fit. Wright.

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• noun narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks
  set chisel.
  

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• a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale.

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• noun very limited consolation or empathy
  
  • he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me

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• noun a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin
  vanishing cream; coldcream; face cream.
  

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• . See under Cream.

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• noun sliced assorted cold meats
  

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• noun pink sparkling wine originally from Germany
  

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• noun timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action
  
  • I was going to tell him but I got cold feet

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• noun an aloof unemotional person
  

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• noun protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold
  

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• noun the front of an advancing mass of colder air
  polar front.
  

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• noun nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken
  

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• noun (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
  mummification; mumification necrosis; dry gangrene.
  

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• noun medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold
  

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• noun a rubber made at low temperatures (5 degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires
  

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• noun a refusal to recognize someone you know
  cut; snub.
  
  • the snub was clearly intentional

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• . See Cole slaw.

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• noun a spell of cold weather
  cold snap.
  

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• adjective satellite totally sober
  stone-sober.
  

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• noun caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)
  herpes labialis; fever blister; oral herpes.
  

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• (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever. causative virus Herpes simplex

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• noun a spell of cold weather
  cold snap.
  

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• noun in a state of abeyance or postponement
  
• noun refrigerated storage for preservation
  

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• noun tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold
  stuffed tomato.
  

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• noun the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear
  

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• noun a blunt expression of views
  
  • I told him cold turkey
• noun complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
  
  • he quit smoking cold turkey
  • she quit her job cold turkey

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• noun a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare
  
• noun a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States
  

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• noun disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation
  
  • she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa

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• noun a wave of unusually cold weather
  

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• noun a period of unusually cold weather
  

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• verb shape (metal) without heat
  coldwork.
  

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• adjective satellite without compunction or human feeling
  cold; inhuman; insensate.
  
  • in cold blood
  • cold-blooded killing
  • insensate destruction
• adjective having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
  

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Cold"-blood`ed adjective

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1. Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
2. Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
3. Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

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• adverb in cold blood
  
  • he cold-bloodedly planned the murder of his boss

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• verb put cold cream on one's face
  

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• adjective satellite unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  dispassionate.
  
  • a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact

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Cold"-heart`ed adjective

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1. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. -- Cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.

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Cold"-short` adjective

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1. Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.

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• verb pay no attention to, disrespect
  slight.
  
  • She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance

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Cold"-shut` adjective

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1. (Metal.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

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• adjective satellite the colder parts of temperate waters
  

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• noun an apartment without modern conveniences
  

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• noun a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
  cold.
  
  • will they never find a cure for the common cold?

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• noun a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache
  

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• adjective satellite as cold as ice
  

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• adverb in a cold unemotional manner
  coldly.
  
  • he killed her in cold blood

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• without excitement or passion; deliberately.

  He was slain in cold blood after thefight was over. Sir W. Scott.

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Key"-cold` adjective

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1. Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. Formerly, a proverbial expression. Shak. Milton.

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• verb knock unconscious or senseless
  knock out; kayo.
  
  • the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds

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• verb be discouraging or negative about
  pour cold water on.
  

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• (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See Hay fever, under Hay.

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• adjective satellite completely cold
  
  • by the time he got back to his coffee it was stone-cold

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Stone"-cold` adjective

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1. Cold as a stone.

   Stone-cold without, within burnt with love's flame. Fairfax.

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• a deep-seated cold. Obs. Holland.

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• verb be discouraging or negative about
  pour cold water on.
  

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• (a saying derived from a fable of AEsop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose.

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• to treat one with neglect.

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• to overlook or neglect him. Colloq.

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• to treat with neglect or indifference.

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