cold

a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"

extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"

lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"