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cold Theme: COMPLETENESS mod. (stopping something) suddenly and totally.I stopped cold— afraid to move further.That remark stopped her cold. Theme: DEAD mod. dead.This parrot is cold— pifted!When I'm cold and buried, I hope people will think of me fondly. Theme: EXCELLENCE mod. excellent. (Very cool.)That last pitch was cold, man.Hey, G! That's a cold ride. Theme: UNDESIRABLE mod. not good.That new CD is real cold. The sound is bad and the performance is too.The lecture was cold and dull.
freezing cold mod. very cold.It's freezing cold out there.I won't go out in freezing cold weather.Why does it have to be so freezing cold? Siberian express n. an enormous mass of very cold air moving from Siberia across the North Pole and down onto North America.The country braced itself for a return Friday of the Siberian express, with temperatures dropping to twenty below in many areas.The Siberian express seems to be aimed right at our state.
cold 1. adjective 1 heartless, cruel UK, 1849. 2 bad US, 1934. 3 absolute US, 1973. 4 not capable of being traced to an owner. Back-formed from HOT (stolen) US, 1992. 5 innocent of charges under which someone was convicted. Prison usage AUSTRALIA, 1944. 6 in gambling, unlucky US, 1997. 7 without preparation; in ignorance. Generally used quasi-adverbially US, 1896. 8 used as a substitute for 'cool' in any of its senses US, 1968. 9 (used of a take-off from an aircraft carrier) failed, resulting in a crash US, 1959 2. adverb suddenly, completely US, 1889 3. noun ► too slow to catch a coldapplied to someone or something that moves slowly, or someone whose thought processes are sluggish UK, 1917
idiomcold► be out coldcome in from the cold BrEBrEif a person, country, or political group that people do not approve of comes in from the cold, they change their laws, rules etc in order to be accepted:Since it came in from the cold, South Africa's vineyards have been booming.He warned that, unless the union moderated its policies and came in from the cold, it would lose even more members.
cold1. mod. [stopping something] suddenly and totally. I stopped cold—afraid to move further. 2. mod. dead. This parrot is cold—pifted! 3. mod. not good. The lecture was cold and dull. 4. mod. excellent. (Very cool.) That last pitch was cold, man. - (as) cold as a witch's tit
- (as) cold as charity
- (as) cold as ice
- (one's) blood runs cold
- a cold day in Hell
- a cold day in July
- a cold fish
- a cold piece of work
- a cold shower
- a stone cold fox
- as cold as charity
- Baby it’s cold outside
- baby, it's cold outside
- be (as) cold as ice
- be brought in from the cold
- be cold comfort
- be hot and cold
- be knocked out cold
- be left (out) in the cold
- be on the (something) side
- be on the cold, small, etc. side
- blow cold
- blow hot and cold
- blow hot and cold, to
- break out in a cold sweat
- bring (someone) in from the cold
- catch (one) cold
- catch (one's) death (of cold)
- catch a cold
- catch cold
- catch one's death (of a cold), to
- catch one's death (of cold)
- catch someone cold
- cold
- cold as ice
- cold blood
- cold blood, in
- cold call
- cold cash
- cold check
- cold coffee
- cold comfort
- cold enough for you
- cold enough for you?
- cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
- cold feet
- cold feet, get
- cold feet, to get/have
- cold fish
- cold fish, a
- Cold hands, warm heart
- cold heart, a
- cold one
- cold open
- cold reading
- cold shoulder
- cold shoulder, to give/show the
- cold shower
- cold snap
- cold sober
- cold turkey
- cold water, to pour/throw
- cold, hard cash
- coldcock
- cold-shoulder
- come in from the cold
- couldn't catch a cold
- down cold
- down cold, have
- down with (an illness)
- Feed a cold and starve a fever
- feed a cold, starve a fever
- feel hot and cold
- freezing cold
- from my cold, dead hands
- get (one's) nose cold
- get cold feet
- get knocked out cold
- get one’s nose cold
- get the cold shoulder
- get/have cold feet
- give (one) the cold shoulder
- give somebody/get the cold shoulder
- give someone the cold shoulder
- go cold turkey
- go hot and cold
- go hot and cold (all over)
- grow cold
- have (one) cold
- have (something) down cold
- have cold feet
- have someone cold
- hot and cold
- if (something) catches a cold, (something else) gets pneumonia
- if (something) sneezes, (something else) catches a cold
- in a cold sweat
- in cold blood
- in cold storage
- in the cold light of day
- into cold storage
- It'll be a cold day in hell
- kick cold
- kick cold turkey
- knock (one) cold
- knock cold
- knock out
- leave (one) (out) in the cold
- leave (one) cold
- leave cold
- leave one cold
- leave out in the cold, to
- leave somebody cold
- leave someone cold
- leave someone/something out in the cold
- left out in the cold
- lovely and (something)
- lovely and warm, cold, quiet, etc.
- make (one's) blood run cold
- make blood run cold
- make one's blood run cold
- make somebody's blood run cold
- make your blood run cold
- nice and (something)
- out cold
- out in the cold
- pass out
- pass out (cold)
- pour cold water on
- pour cold water on (something)
- pour cold water on something
- pour/throw cold water on something
- quit (something) cold turkey
- Revenge is a dish best eaten cold.
- Revenge is a dish best served cold
- Revenge is a dish best served cold.
- run hot and cold
- so cold (that) you could hang meat (in it/there)
- so cold you could hang meat
- stone cold
- stone cold sober
- stone sober
- stone-cold sober
- stop (one) cold
- stop cold
- take a cold shower
- take cold
- the cold shoulder
- the common cold
- throw cold water on
- throw cold water on (something)
- when (something) catches a cold, (something else) gets pneumonia
- when (something) sneezes, (something else) catches a cold
- when A sneezes, B catches a cold
- when the US/UK/China, etc. sneezes, Japan/Germany, etc. catches cold
- you'll catch your death (of cold)
- you'll catch your death of cold
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