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(adj)
(archaic or literary) Feeling cold.
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(British, informal) Synonym of chilly: somewhat cold but not extremely so.
Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
(archaic) Extremely cold; frozen.
As cold as ice; very cold.
Without emotion.
Cooled.
Cold, chilly; icy.
(literary) Very cold; icy or frosty.
(n)
(countable and uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
Causing to chill or cool.
Covered in frost; frosty.
Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.
Coated in rime.
With ice added.
(obsolete) That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever.
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
Of, or relating to glaciers.
(figuratively) Lacking emotion or compunction.
That is used for cutting.
(geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
Senses relating to curliness.
(medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
The act or sensation of giving a nip.
(informal, weather) Rather cold.
Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
Distant; remote in space.
(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
(informal) Rapid and without delay.
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.
Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
Given to shivering; tending to shiver.
Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).
Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless.
Without enthusiasm; unexcited.
Lacking in passion.
Lacking emotion.
Not loving.
Without heat.
(cooking) (of food) Not cooked.
Not heated.
Not warmed
the absence of heat
made or kept cold by refrigeration
Causing refrigeration.
Cold enough to cause discomfort.
Causing mild fear.
(slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
That cools.
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
(v)
(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
Nonstandard form of wintry. [Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.]
(obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.
Initialism of isolated, confined, extreme. [Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.]
The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
(metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.
Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
Characterized by the presence or use of cold water.
Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
Something that damps or checks:
Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime
(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
Lower than nearby areas.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
(adv)
Two times.
Influenza.
Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
A sudden or unsteady movement.
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
(uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
(slang) Jealous.