cold — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adjektiv

1. Having a low temperature.

   ÜbersetzungEine niedrige Temperatur habend.

   Gebrauch

   • of a thing

   Synonyme

   chilledchillyfreezingfrigidglacialicycool

   Antonyme

   bakingboilingheatedhotscorchingsearingtorridwarm

   Beispiele

   The water is cold.

   Das Wasser ist kalt.

   A cold wind whistled through the trees.

   As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey.

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   Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!

   I had always supposed that playboys didn't give a hoot for anything except blondes and cold bottles.

2. Causing the air to be cold.

   Gebrauch

   • of the weather

   Synonyme

   nippyparkytaters

   Antonyme

   hot

   Beispiele

   The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

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   As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.

   Antarctica is the coldest, iciest place on Earth, which makes the recent warming event particularly worrying for many scientists. […] Larter said this happens less frequently in the East Antarctic because the ocean water there is much colder.

   The current high temperature expected for Kansas City on Saturday is around 5 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, which would be the coldest high temperature on record in the area for the date, according to CNN Weather. […] But could it become cold enough for officials to cancel the showdown between the Chiefs and Dolphins?

3. Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

   ÜbersetzungKälte empfinden, besonders unangenehm.

   Gebrauch

   • of a person or animal

   Antonyme

   hot

   Beispiele

   I am cold without my coat.

   Ohne meinen Mantel ist mir kalt.

   She was so cold she was shivering.

4. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

   ÜbersetzungUnfreundlich, gefühlsfern oder ohne Mitgefühl.

   Synonyme

   aloofdistanthostilestandoffishunfriendlyunwelcoming

   Antonyme

   amiablefriendlywelcoming

   Beispiele

   She gave me a cold look.

   Sie sah mich kühl an.

   She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

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   At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.

   "Suppose someone pops in?" "Don't be silly. Mrs Cream is working on her book. Phyllis is in her room, typing Upjohn's speech. Wilbert's gone for a walk. Upjohn isn't here. The only character who could pop in would be the Brinkley Court ghost. If it does, give it a cold look and walk through it. That'll teach it not to come butting in where it isn't wanted, ha ha."

5. Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.

   Synonyme

   apprehensive

   Beispiele

   Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]

6. Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.

   Synonyme

   disinterestedindifferent

   Beispiele

   Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.

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

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   The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.

7. Completely unprepared; without introduction.

   Synonyme

   unpreparedunready

   Antonyme

   preparedprimedready

   Beispiele

   He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

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   The one thing considered the brass ring in selling insurance was making a sale on a cold canvass. Cold canvassing was the most dreaded exercise for most insurance salesmen.

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

   Beispiele

   I knocked him out cold.

   After one more beer he passed out cold.

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   Before Mr Big could utter another word, Dad’s false leg crashed down through the window… …and the wooden foot bashed Mr Big hard on the head. The crime boss collapsed to the floor, out cold.

9. Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.

   Gebrauch

   • usually
   • with "have" or "know" transitively

   Beispiele

   Practice your music scales until you know them cold.

   Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.

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   Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold.

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

10. Cornered; done for.

    Gebrauch

    • usually
    • with "have" transitively

    Beispiele

    With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.

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    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.

    "Either Upjohn agrees to drop that libel suit or he doesn't get these notes, as he calls them, and without them he won't be able to utter a word. He'll have to come across with the price of the papers. Won't he, Jeeves?" "He would appear to have no alternative, miss." "Unless he wants to get up on that platform and stand there opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish. We've got him cold."

11. Cool, impressive.

    Gebrauch

    • Slang

    Beispiele

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    There were more than a few unforgettable moments from Sunday's Game 7 showdown between the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings. Steph Curry came up with an epic performance on a record-setting evening, and he also produced one of the coldest photos of the NBA Playoffs thus far.

    Lowkey she so cold for that

    Indians see this fit and think it's the coldest thing ever

12. Not pungent or acrid.

    Gebrauch

    • außer Gebrauch

    Synonyme

    mildneutral

    Beispiele

    cold plants

13. Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

    Gebrauch

    • außer Gebrauch

    Synonyme

    colourlesslifeless

    Beispiele

    What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!

    The jest grows cold[…]when it comes on in a second scene.

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

    Beispiele

    a cold scent

15. Not sensitive; not acute.

    Gebrauch

    • außer Gebrauch

    Beispiele

    Smell this business with a sense as cold / As is a dead man's nose.

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

    Beispiele

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

17. Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

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

19. Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.

    Gebrauch

    • informell

    Synonyme

    cold-eyedfrostyicyuncompassionate

    Beispiele

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

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    River Song: (upon seeing the still-living Doctor, moments after he made her and two other friends watch what they thought was his death) This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold.

    "At the risk of sounding cold though, I'm glad he's gone. His abandonment left me in Aunt Fara's custody, and that's honestly the best thing he's ever done for me."

20. Not radioactive.

    Gebrauch

    • informell

    Antonyme

    hotradioactive

    Beispiele

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    "That's right," Jackson said. "The Old Man will be pleased to welcome you." There was eagerness in his reedy voice. "What do you say? We'll take care of you. Feed you, bring you cold plants and animals. For a week maybe?"

21. Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.

22. Without electrical power being supplied.

    Synonyme

    dead

    Beispiele

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    Therefore, to avoid unnecessary delay in the trouble-shooting procedure, it is good practice to make a resistance check on a "cold" circuit (before applying power), to determine whether resistance values are normal.

Substantiv

1. A condition of low temperature.

   Gebrauch

   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   Come in, out of the cold.

2. A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • übertragen
   • nicht zählbar
   • with 'the'

   Beispiele

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

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

   ÜbersetzungEine meist harmlose, gewöhnlich virale Erkrankung mit verstopfter Nase und manchmal Fieber.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar

   Beispiele

   I have a cold.

   Ich bin erkältet.

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

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   Dr. Jon S. Abramson, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Wake Forest Medical School, has found no medical evidence to support feeding a cold and starving a fever. He is particularly offended by the latter part of the phrase. […] “Always feed both colds and fevers,” Abramson said.

4. Rheum; sleepy dust.

   Gebrauch

   • Slang
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin' me and why

   But I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit

Adverb

1. At a low temperature.

   Beispiele

   The steel was processed cold.

2. Without preparation.

   Beispiele

   The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.

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   Two weeks after it closed, he started rehearsals for Cheer Up, a new play by Mary Roberts Rinehart booked into the Harris Theatre. It was to open cold without any out-of-town tryout under the direction of a young Cecil B. DeMille […]

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

   Gebrauch

   • veraltend
   • informell
   • Slang

   Beispiele

   Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep / And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep

Adjektiv

1. having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

   Antonyme

   hot

   Beispiele

   a cold climate

   a cold room

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   dinner has gotten cold

   cold fingers

   if you are cold, turn up the heat

   a cold beer

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

   Antonyme

   hot

   Beispiele

   a cold unfriendly nod

   a cold and unaffectionate person

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   a cold impersonal manner

   cold logic

   the concert left me cold

3. having lost freshness through passage of time

   Beispiele

   a cold trail

   dogs attempting to catch a cold scent

4. (color) giving no sensation of warmth

   Beispiele

   a cold bluish grey

5. marked by errorless familiarity

   Beispiele

   had her lines cold before rehearsals started

6. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   Synonyme

   staledustymoth-eaten

   Beispiele

   moth-eaten theories about race

   stale news

7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

   Beispiele

   cold fury gripped him

8. sexually unresponsive

   Synonyme

   frigid

   Beispiele

   was cold to his advances

   a frigid woman

9. without compunction or human feeling

   Synonyme

   cold-bloodedinhumaninsensate

   Beispiele

   in cold blood

   cold-blooded killing

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   insensate destruction

10. feeling or showing no enthusiasm

    Beispiele

    a cold audience

    a cold response to the new play

11. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

    Beispiele

    the boxer was out cold

    pass out cold

12. of a seeker; far from the object sought

13. lacking the warmth of life

    Beispiele

    cold in his grave

Substantiv

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

   Synonyme

   common cold

   Oberbegriffe

   respiratory diseaserespiratory illnessrespiratory disordercommunicable disease

   Beispiele

   will they never find a cure for the common cold?

2. the absence of heat

   Synonyme

   coldnesslow temperaturefrigidityfrigidness

   Oberbegriffe

   temperaturevasoconstrictorvasoconstrictivepressor

   Beispiele

   the coldness made our breath visible

   come in out of the cold

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   cold is a vasoconstrictor

3. the sensation produced by low temperatures

   Synonyme

   coldness

   Oberbegriffe

   temperature

   Beispiele

   he shivered from the cold

   the cold helped clear his head