cold
/koʊld/ adverb C2- At a low temperature. · The steel was processed cold.
- Without preparation. · The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
- In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
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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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