COLD - Meaning and Pronunciation

Описание: How to pronounce cold?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of cold by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of cold through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of cold is /kˈoʊld/.

Definition of cold according to Wiktionary:
cold can be an adjective, a noun or an adverb

As an adjective cold can mean:
1. Having a low temperature.
2. Causing the air to be cold.
3. Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
4. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
5. Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
6. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
7. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
8. Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
9. Cornered, done for.
10. Not pungent or acrid.
11. Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
12. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
13. Not sensitive; not acute.
14. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
15. Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
16. Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
17. Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.

As a noun cold can mean:
1. A condition of low temperature.
2. A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
3. A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
4. Rheum, sleepy dust.

As an adverb cold can mean:
1. While at low temperature.
2. Without preparation.
3. With finality.
4. In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.



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