2cold noun
plural colds 1 [noncount] : a cold condition
▪ I mind cold more than heat. ▪ They died of exposure to cold. ▪ She was shivering with cold. [=because she was cold] 2 the cold : cold weather
▪ The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April. ▪ I stood there shivering in the cold. ▪ He waited outside for her in the bitter cold. ▪ Come in out of the cold. 3 [count] : a common illness that affects the nose, throat, and eyes and that usually causes coughing, sneezing, etc.
▪ It's not the flu, it's just a cold. ▪ He got/caught a cold. = He came down with a cold. = (Brit) He went down with a cold. ▪ the common cold — often used before another noun ▪ the cold virus ▪ cold symptoms/remedies — see also head cold
▪ I mind cold more than heat. ▪ They died of exposure to cold. ▪ She was shivering with cold. [=because she was cold]
▪ The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April. ▪ I stood there shivering in the cold. ▪ He waited outside for her in the bitter cold. ▪ Come in out of the cold.
▪ It's not the flu, it's just a cold. ▪ He got/caught a cold. = He came down with a cold. = (Brit) He went down with a cold. ▪ the common cold — often used before another noun ▪ the cold virus ▪ cold symptoms/remedies — see also head cold
blue with cold, blue from the cold — see 1blue
come in from the cold
: to become part of a group or of normal society again after you have been outside it
▪ a former spy who has come in from the cold
▪ a former spy who has come in from the cold
leave (someone) out in the cold
: to leave (someone) in a bad position : to not give (someone) the rights or advantages that are given to others
▪ The changes benefit management but leave the workers out in the cold.
▪ The changes benefit management but leave the workers out in the cold.
