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cold (adjective)
Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

cold (adjective)
Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.
He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.

cold (adjective)
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

cold (adjective)
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
I knocked him out cold.
After one more beer he passed out cold.

cold (adjective)
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
A cold scent.

cold (adjective)
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!

cold (noun)
A condition of low temperature.
Come in, out of the cold.

cold (adverb)
While at low temperature.
The steel was processed cold.

cold (adverb)
Without preparation.
The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.

cold (adverb)
With finality.
I knocked him out cold.

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