n a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
will they never find a cure for the common cold?
n the absence of heat
the coldness made our breath visible come in out of the cold cold is a vasoconstrictor
n the sensation produced by low temperatures
he shivered from the cold the cold helped clear his head
a 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
a 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
s having lost freshness through passage of time
a cold trail dogs attempting to catch a cold scent
s (color) giving no sensation of warmth
a cold bluish grey
s marked by errorless familiarity
had her lines cold before rehearsals started
s lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
s so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
cold fury gripped him
s sexually unresponsive
was cold to his advances
s without compunction or human feeling
in cold blood cold-blooded killing
s feeling or showing no enthusiasm
a cold audience a cold response to the new play
s unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
the boxer was out cold pass out cold