cold
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
How often you will meet it
Rank 471 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 43,623 times across 173,499 chapters — 0.021% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
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 climatea cold room
- extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion a cold unfriendly noda cold and unaffectionate person
- having lost freshness through passage of time a cold traildogs attempting to catch a cold scent
- (color) giving no sensation of warmth a cold bluish grey
- marked by errorless familiarity had her lines cold before rehearsals started
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new also: stale, dusty, moth-eaten moth-eaten theories about racestale news
cold in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The next time he calls, you will be perfectly cold and indifferent.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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At this the king turned pale and a cold shiver ran through his limbs.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Make haste, my son, the hour is waxing late, The night is cold, methinks our sheep await.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Hang him; a gilder that hath his brains perished with quicksilver is not more cold in the liver.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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They knew that the cold manner of the great engineer covered depths, but they never expected to see the depths uncovered.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1