cold
/koʊld/ noun A1- A condition of low temperature. · Come in, out of the cold.
- A harsh place; a place of abandonment. · The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
- A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever. · I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
- Rheum; sleepy dust.
Plural colds
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It is a very cold scent upon which the Metropolitan expert is generally asked to run.
When he put his hand on my shoulder as we were parting, it was like a father’s blessing before you go out into the cold, cruel world.”
Hot air isn’t as good as gas, for if the air should get cold the balloon would come down in the desert, and we should be lost.”
Dantès was alone in darkness and in silence—cold as the shadows that he felt breathe on his burning forehead.
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