cold
203
8.0
- adjective
- /koʊld/
:
inconsciente
- Three times within a week, he knocked me cold and left me on the grass.
I heard it crack and he obviously was out completely cold.
- I heard it crack and he obviously was out completely cold.
Examples
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The body would turn cold and would have a livid appearance.
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But he was cold on the floor and he wasn't dead.
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Oh my God, just put his cold, hard body in a seat, dude.
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So you carry a pale, cold, rigid body into the place where it is to rest.
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Now, it stood dead and cold as the land it had forsaken.
Fiction book (1991) -
The fact that she had not sliced it away from his cold flesh was comforting to Krystin.
Fiction book (1992) -
The paramedics found his body lying cold on the pavement after the accident.
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After the impact, the athlete lay cold on the ground, unresponsive to the crowd's fear.
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The soldier was found cold and motionless in the field, a testament to the tragic battle.
Synonyms
691
4.1
Without feeling or movement in a body part, like after an injection
27
6.9
Unconscious or sleeping very deeply
2
7.2
Completely unconscious after a hard hit to the head
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
8.1
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
Compounds
365
3.5
A long period of political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without direct fighting
17
1.1
A mild virus infection of the nose and throat that causes a runny nose, sneezing, and sore throat
- Specialized
5
8.9
A claimed way to make energy by joining parts of atoms at room temperature that most scientists do not accept
- Specialized
5
3.7
An animal whose body temperature changes with the air or water temperature
5
1.8
A mild viral sickness that makes your nose stuffy, causes sneezing, and may give you a headache
- Archaic
1
8.8
An apartment in an old building that has no hot running water or central heating
- Specialized
1
4.9
A low box with a clear top that protects young plants from cold and helps them grow
- Archaic
A pink sparkling wine that people make by mixing red and white wines and serve cold
- Specialized
When blood stops flowing to a body part, the tissue dies and becomes dry and dark brown
- Specialized
A part inside some lamps and electronic devices that gives out electrons without being heated
- Archaic
A way of communicating that gives little detail and asks the audience to imagine the rest
- Specialized
A man-made rubber made at low temperatures that is tougher and used for car tires
- Offensive
Not showing pity and acting cruel, or having a body temperature that changes with the air
Surface Forms
Etymology
When someone is knocked cold, think of losing warmth or life; from the old sense of being without heat, cold came to mean made unconscious or completely without feeling.