{
    "term": "cold",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a lower than usual temperature; having a temperature lower than the human body",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm cold. Turn the heating up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to feel cold"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**cold weather/temperatures/air**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **cold day/night/winter/wind**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cold room/house"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cold hands and feet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cold beer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**hot and cold** running water in every room"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was thoroughly **cold and wet** now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **freezing cold**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hurry up—your dinner's **getting cold**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **bitterly cold** morning"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You look cold. Do you want to go back indoors?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Isn't it cold today?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It has suddenly turned very cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the coldest May on record"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The water has gone cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid the coffee's gone cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In January it turned very cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's bitterly cold outside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain overnight had made the water cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room grew cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a freezing cold wind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Use ice to keep the drinks cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your dinner's getting cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It grew colder as the evening came."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the coldest winter on record."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stream was icy cold."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather", "Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not heated; cooled after being cooked",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a cold drink"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hot and cold food is available in the cafeteria."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bake in the oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's cold chicken for lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lunch of cold meat and salad"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "get", "go"],
                "adverb": ["stone"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "without emotion; not friendly",
            "sensetop": "cold towards/to somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to give somebody a cold look/stare"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her manner was cold and distant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was staring at her with cold eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was very cold towards me.",
                    "contextForm": "cold towards/to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He received a cold welcome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found him a rather cold person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was portrayed as a cold, calculating terrorist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave David a cold look of disapproval."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "seeming to lack any warm feeling, in an unpleasant way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "clear cold light"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cold grey skies"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not easy to find",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police followed the robbers to the airport but then the **trail went cold**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "used in children’s games to say that the person playing is not close to finding a person or thing, or to guessing the correct answer",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "unconscious",
            "sensetop": "out cold",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was knocked out cold in the second round."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "facts with nothing added to make them more interesting or pleasant",
            "sensetop": "the cold facts/truth",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change your opinion about something often",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly become nervous about doing something that you had planned to do",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was going to ask her but he got cold feet and said nothing."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to treat somebody in a way that is not friendly",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to experience a sudden feeling of fear or worry",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When the phone rang I just went hot and cold."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "acting in a way that is deliberately cruel",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to kill somebody in cold blood"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "when you have had time to think calmly about something; in the morning when things are clearer",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These things always look different in the cold light of day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fail to affect or interest somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most modern art leaves me cold."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody very frightened or fill them with horror",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The sound of laughter in the empty house made my blood run cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give reasons for not being in favour of something; to criticize something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She immediately poured cold water on his plans to expand the business."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəʊld/",
                "audio": "co/cold/cold__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəʊld/",
                "audio": "co/cold/cold__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’."
}