cold

kəuld 1. adjective

1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) kald

2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) kald, kjølig

3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) kald, kjølig, uvennlig

2. noun

1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) kulde

2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) forkjølelse

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- coldly

- coldness
- cold-blooded
- cold war
- get cold feet
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give the cold shoulder
- in cold blood

kald

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kulde

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subst. \/kəʊld\/

1) (også overført) kulde

2) forkjølelse

catch (a) cold eller get a cold bli forkjølet

come in from the cold bli tatt inn i varmen, komme til heder og verdighet igjen

leave out in the cold forsømme, gå for lut og kaldt vann (også) fryse ut, holde utenfor

II

adj. \/kəʊld\/

1) kald, frossen

• feel\/be cold

fryse

2) (overført) følelsesløs, kald, kaldblodig, kjølig, hardhjertet, ufølsom

3) (atomteknikk) inaktiv, ikke-radioaktiv

cold as charity kald som stein, hard som stein

cold as ice se ➢ ice, 1

cold comfort mager trøst

cold feet (også overført) kalde føtter

give someone the cold shoulder gi noen en kald skulder

in cold blood med kaldt blod

knock someone cold slå noen bevisstløs

leave someone cold ikke gjøre inntrykk på

• it leaves me cold

throw\/pour cold water on (a proposal) avfeie, forkaste uten videre (f.eks. en plan) slå kaldt vann i blodet på, ta motet fra

III

adv. \/kəʊld\/ (amer., hverdagslig)

1) helt, fullstendig, totalt

2) perfekt