cold

/ˈkōld/

Middle English, going back to Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon), going back to Germanic *kalða- (whence Old Saxon cald "cold," Middle Dutch cout, Old High German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds), verbal adjective from *kalan- "to be cold" (whence Old English calan "to be cold, to make cold," Old Norse kala "to freeze") going back to a dialectal Indo-European base *ǵel-, *ǵol-, whence also Latin gelū, gelus "frost, cold," gelāre "to freeze, chill"

adjective

  1. having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans

  2. having a relatively low temperature or one lower than normal or expected

  3. not heated: such as

it is cold outside today

the bath water has gotten cold

noun

  1. bodily sensation produced by loss or lack of heat

  2. a condition of low temperature; especially : cold, weather

  3. a bodily disorder popularly associated with chilling; specifically : common, cold

they died of the cold

adverb

  1. with utter finality : absolutely, completely; also : abruptly

  2. without introduction or advance notice

  3. without preparation or warm-up

turned down cold