adjective
It was so cold that the canal had completely frozen over
The room is cold; we'd better put the heating on
My ideas received rather a cold reception. Because she had offended him, he was quite cold to her
The sweat stood out on his brow in cold apprehension
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor
The trail of the tiger had grown cold
She hadn't studied and went into the exam cold
As I searched for the weapon, I felt I was getting cold the further I went from the kitchen
noun
Last winter, the cold killed off many of our shrubs
I caught a cold waiting for you in the rain
adverb
His application to join the police was turned down cold
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