Colds

noun

Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.nounA condition of low temperature.

"Come in, out of the cold."

2.noun(with 'the') A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

"The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him."

3.nounA common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

"I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week"

4.nounRheum, sleepy dust

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