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{
"term": "cold",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having a lower than usual temperature; having a temperature lower than the human body",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm cold. Turn the heating up."
},
{
"text": "to feel cold"
},
{
"text": "**cold weather/temperatures/air**"
},
{
"text": "a **cold day/night/winter/wind**"
},
{
"text": "a cold room/house"
},
{
"text": "cold hands and feet"
},
{
"text": "a cold beer"
},
{
"text": "**hot and cold** running water in every room"
},
{
"text": "I was thoroughly **cold and wet** now."
},
{
"text": "It's **freezing cold**."
},
{
"text": "Hurry up—your dinner's **getting cold**"
},
{
"text": "a **bitterly cold** morning"
},
{
"text": "You look cold. Do you want to go back indoors?"
},
{
"text": "Isn't it cold today?"
},
{
"text": "It has suddenly turned very cold."
},
{
"text": "the coldest May on record"
},
{
"text": "The water has gone cold."
},
{
"text": "I'm afraid the coffee's gone cold."
},
{
"text": "In January it turned very cold."
},
{
"text": "It's bitterly cold outside."
},
{
"text": "The rain overnight had made the water cold."
},
{
"text": "The room grew cold."
},
{
"text": "There was a freezing cold wind."
},
{
"text": "Use ice to keep the drinks cold."
},
{
"text": "Your dinner's getting cold."
},
{
"text": "It grew colder as the evening came."
},
{
"text": "It was the coldest winter on record."
},
{
"text": "The stream was icy cold."
}
],
"topics": ["Weather", "Geography"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not heated; cooled after being cooked",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a cold drink"
},
{
"text": "Hot and cold food is available in the cafeteria."
},
{
"text": "Bake in the oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold."
},
{
"text": "It's cold chicken for lunch."
},
{
"text": "a lunch of cold meat and salad"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "get", "go"],
"adverb": ["stone"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "without emotion; not friendly",
"sensetop": "cold towards/to somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to give somebody a cold look/stare"
},
{
"text": "Her manner was cold and distant."
},
{
"text": "He was staring at her with cold eyes."
},
{
"text": "She was very cold towards me.",
"contextForm": "cold towards/to somebody"
},
{
"text": "He received a cold welcome."
},
{
"text": "I found him a rather cold person."
},
{
"text": "He was portrayed as a cold, calculating terrorist."
},
{
"text": "She gave David a cold look of disapproval."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "seeming to lack any warm feeling, in an unpleasant way",
"examples": [
{
"text": "clear cold light"
},
{
"text": "cold grey skies"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "not easy to find",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police followed the robbers to the airport but then the **trail went cold**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used in children’s games to say that the person playing is not close to finding a person or thing, or to guessing the correct answer",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "unconscious",
"sensetop": "out cold",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was knocked out cold in the second round."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "facts with nothing added to make them more interesting or pleasant",
"sensetop": "the cold facts/truth",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to change your opinion about something often",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to suddenly become nervous about doing something that you had planned to do",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was going to ask her but he got cold feet and said nothing."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to treat somebody in a way that is not friendly",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to experience a sudden feeling of fear or worry",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When the phone rang I just went hot and cold."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "acting in a way that is deliberately cruel",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to kill somebody in cold blood"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "when you have had time to think calmly about something; in the morning when things are clearer",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These things always look different in the cold light of day."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to fail to affect or interest somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most modern art leaves me cold."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make somebody very frightened or fill them with horror",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The sound of laughter in the empty house made my blood run cold."
},
{
"text": "Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to give reasons for not being in favour of something; to criticize something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She immediately poured cold water on his plans to expand the business."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəʊld/",
"audio": "co/cold/cold__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəʊld/",
"audio": "co/cold/cold__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’."
}