cold

Definitions

• (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
• (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
• (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
• Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
• Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
• Completely unprepared; without introduction.
• Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
• (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
• (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
• (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
• (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
• Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
• (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
• Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
• (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
• (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
• (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless