Cold (Noun)
Meaning 1
A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- I caught a cold after attending the concert, the crowd was packed and someone near me was sneezing the whole time.
- After being bedridden for days, the common cold had taken a toll on my productivity.
- If I'm being honest, a cure for the cold is still far off from what we've discovered in medicine.
- Why can't we just invent a vaccine that treats the cold virus like we did for polio?
- Every time the seasons change, I seem to come down with a nasty cold that lingers for weeks.
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Meaning 2
The absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
The sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.