meaning

Cold;

1.	having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.

2.	feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold.

3.	having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands.

4.	lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.

5.	not affectionate, cordial, or friendly; unresponsive: a cold reply; a cold reception.

6.	lacking sensual desire: She remained cold to his advances.

7.	failing to excite feeling or interest: the cold precision of his prose.

8.	unexcitable; imperturbable: cold impassivity.

9.	depressing; dispiriting: the cold atmosphere of a hospital waiting room.

10.	unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.: I knocked him cold with an uppercut.

11.	lacking the warmth of life; lifeless: When the doctor arrived, the body was already cold.

12.	faint; weak: The dogs lost the cold scent.

13.	(in games) distant from the object of search or the correct answer.

14.	Slang. (in sports and games) not scoring or winning; ineffective: Cold shooting and poor rebounding were their undoing.

15.	Art. a. having cool colors, esp. muted tones tending toward grayish blue. b. being a cool color.

16.	slow to absorb heat, as a soil containing a large amount of clay and hence retentive of moisture.

17.	Metalworking. noting or pertaining to any process involving plastic deformation of a metal at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur because of the strain: cold working.