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7 ADJ A cold person does not show much emotion, especially affection, and therefore seems unfriendly and unsympathetic. If someone's voice is cold , they speak in an unfriendly unsympathetic way. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  What a cold, unfeeling woman she was. □  'Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice. ●  cold|ly ADV □  'I'll see you in the morning,' Hugh said coldly. ●  cold|ness N‑UNCOUNT □  His coldness angered her.

8 ADJ A cold trail or scent is one which is old and therefore difficult to follow. □  He could follow a cold trail over hard ground and even over stones.

9 N‑COUNT If you have a cold , you have a mild, very common illness which makes you sneeze a lot and gives you a sore throat or a cough.

10 → see also common cold

11 PHRASE If you catch cold , or catch a cold , you become ill with a cold. □  Let's dry our hair so we don't catch cold.

12 PHRASE If something leaves you cold , it fails to excite or interest you. □  Lawrence is one of those writers who either excite you enormously or leave you cold.

13 PHRASE If someone is out cold , they are unconscious or sleeping very heavily. □  She was out cold but still breathing.

14in cold blood → see blood

15to get cold feet → see foot

16to blow hot and cold → see hot

17to pour cold water on something → see water SYNONYMS cold ADJ 1

chilly:It was a chilly afternoon.

biting:…a raw, biting northerly wind.

freezing:The cinema was freezing.

icy:An icy wind blew hard across the open spaces.

cool:I felt a current of cool air.

co ld-bloo ded

1 ADJ Someone who is cold-blooded does not show any pity or emotion. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …a cold-blooded murderer. □  This was a brutal and cold-blooded killing.

2 ADJ Cold-blooded animals have a body temperature that changes according to the surrounding temperature. Reptiles, for example, are cold-blooded.

co ld ca ll (cold calls , cold calling , cold called )

1 N‑COUNT If someone makes a cold call , they telephone or visit someone they have never contacted, without making an appointment, in order to try and sell something. □  She had worked as a call centre operator making cold calls for time-share holidays.

2 VERB To cold call means to make a cold call. □ [V ] You should refuse to meet anyone who cold calls with an offer of financial advice. [Also V n] ●  cold calling N‑UNCOUNT □  Cold calling has given the industry a bad name.

co ld co m|fort N‑UNCOUNT If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant. □ [+ to/for ] These figures may look good on paper but are cold comfort to the islanders themselves.

co ld cuts N‑PLURAL Cold cuts are thin slices of cooked meat which are served cold. [AM ]

co ld fi sh N‑SING If you say that someone is a cold fish , you think that they are unfriendly and unemotional. [DISAPPROVAL ]

co ld frame (cold frames ) N‑COUNT A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.

co ld-hea rted ADJ [usu ADJ n] A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …a cold-hearted killer.