I.
noun
1 lack of heat; low temperature
ADJECTIVE
▪ biting , bitter , extreme , freezing
▪ winter
VERB + COLD
▪ feel
▪
I don't feel the ~ as badly as many people.
▪ keep out
▪
The house has extra insulation to keep out the ~.
▪ be blue with , be numb with
▪
My hands were blue with ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ against the ~
▪
We were well wrapped up against the ~.
▪ out in the ~ ( often figurative )
▪
He stood out in the ~ and waited.
▪
Millions of ordinary workers feel left out in the ~ by the shift to digital technology.
2 common illness
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , heavy ( BrE ), nasty
▪
She won her match despite suffering from a heavy ~.
▪ mild , slight
▪ common
▪
When will they find a cure for the common ~?
▪ chest , head
VERB + COLD
▪ have , nurse , suffer from
▪
Jim stayed at home because he was nursing a ~.
▪ catch , go down with ( BrE )
▪
I must have caught a ~ on the bus.
▪
If you stay out in the rain you'll catch ~!
II.
adj.
1 not hot or warm
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem
▪ become , get , go , grow , turn
▪
As evening fell it got very ~.
▪
The room grew ~.
▪
In January it turned very ~.
▪ remain , stay
▪ make sb/sth
▪
The rain overnight had made the water ~.
▪ keep sth
▪
Use ice to keep the drinks ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ bitterly , freezing , terribly
▪
It's bitterly ~ outside.
▪
There was a freezing ~ wind.
2 not cooked/having become cold after cooking
VERBS
▪ be
▪ get , go
▪
Your dinner's getting ~.
▪
The water has gone ~. ( BrE )
▪
The sight of him standing there made her blood go ~. ( figurative )
▪ eat sth , serve sth
▪
Bake in the oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot or ~.
ADVERB
▪ stone
▪
This soup is stone ~!
Cold is used with these nouns: ↑ air , ↑ ash , ↑ basement , ↑ bath , ↑ beer , ↑ blood , ↑ breeze , ↑ buffet , ↑ calculation , ↑ cash , ↑ cement , ↑ chicken , ↑ chill , ↑ climate , ↑ coffee , ↑ comfort , ↑ contempt , ↑ country , ↑ current , ↑ cut , ↑ day , ↑ dirt , ↑ dish , ↑ draught , ↑ drink , ↑ earth , ↑ environment , ↑ evening , ↑ eye , ↑ fact , ↑ finger , ↑ flannel , ↑ floor , ↑ food , ↑ fury , ↑ gaze , ↑ gleam , ↑ gloom , ↑ ground , ↑ gust , ↑ ham , ↑ heart , ↑ indifference , ↑ light , ↑ logic , ↑ look , ↑ lunch , ↑ manner , ↑ marble , ↑ mask , ↑ meat , ↑ metal , ↑ milk , ↑ mist , ↑ month , ↑ morning , ↑ night , ↑ ocean , ↑ plunge , ↑ rain , ↑ reality , ↑ reception , ↑ remedy , ↑ room , ↑ salad , ↑ sea , ↑ sensation , ↑ shiver , ↑ shower , ↑ snack , ↑ sore , ↑ soup , ↑ spell , ↑ starter , ↑ storage , ↑ store , ↑ supper , ↑ sweat , ↑ tap , ↑ tea , ↑ temperature , ↑ tone , ↑ voice , ↑ war , ↑ washcloth , ↑ water , ↑ weather , ↑ wind , ↑ winter