Meaning

22 senses
  1. Having a low temperature.

    A cold wind whistled through the trees.

    kalt, koid

    холо́дныйxolódnyj, студёныйstudjónyj

    холо́днийxolódnyj, зи́мнийzýmnyj

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

  2. Causing the air to be cold.

    The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

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

    She was so cold she was shivering.

  4. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

    She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

    kaltherzig

    холо́дныйxolódnyj, неприве́тливыйneprivétlivyj

    холо́днийxolódnyj

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

  6. Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.

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

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

  7. Completely unprepared; without introduction.

    He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

    kalt

    непригото́вленныйneprigotóvlennyj

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

    I knocked him out cold.

    After one more beer he passed out cold.

  9. (usually)Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.

    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.

  10. (usually)Cornered; done for.

    With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.

    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.

  11. (slang)Cool, impressive.

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

    a cold scent

Examples

4792 sentences
  1. I want something cold to drink.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного. — iceman

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного. — nami

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken. — Esperantostern

  2. I want to drink something cold.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного. — iceman

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного. — nami

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken. — Esperantostern

  3. It was a very cold winter.

    Це була дуже холодна зима. — deniko

    ruЗима была очень холодная. — soweli_Elepanto

    deEs war ein sehr kalter Winter. — Rob

  4. This beer is not cold enough.

    Це пиво недостатньо холодне. — deniko

    ruЭто пиво недостаточно холодное. — soweli_Elepanto

  5. It was very cold this morning.

    Сьогодні зранку було дуже холодно. — shanghainese

    ruБыло очень холодно утром. — shanghainese

    deEs war sehr kalt heute Morgen. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having a low temperature:
Русский
By meaning 4
of a person's sensation:
having a low temperature:
unfriendly:
unprepared:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having a low temperature:
unfriendly:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English cold, from Anglian Old English cald. The West Saxon form, ċe

Inherited from Middle English cold, from Anglian Old English cald. The West Saxon form, ċeald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald. Both descended from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz (“cold”), a participle form of *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”).

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