cold turkey | complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent, he quit smoking cold turkey, she quit her job cold turkey |
cold storage | refrigerated storage for preservation |
snub cut cold shoulder | a refusal to recognize someone you know, the snub was clearly intentional |
cold cathode | a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated |
cold chisel set chisel | narrow chisel made of steel, used to cut stone or bricks |
cold cream coldcream face cream vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
cold medicine | medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold |
cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
coldness cold low temperature frigidity frigidness | the absence of heat, the coldness made our breath visible, come in out of the cold, cold is a vasoconstrictor |
sense sensation sentience sentiency sensory faculty | the faculty through which the external world is apprehended, in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing |
sensation esthesis aesthesis sense experience sense impression sense datum | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation, a sensation of touch |
vision visual sensation | the perceptual experience of seeing, the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision, he had a visual sensation of intense light |
smell odor odour olfactory sensation olfactory perception | the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form, she loved the smell of roses |
taste taste sensation gustatory sensation taste perception gustatory perception | the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus, the candy left him with a bad taste, the melon had a delicious taste |
sound auditory sensation | the subjective sensation of hearing something, he strained to hear the faint sounds |
somesthesia somaesthesia somatesthesia somatic sensation | the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations, he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes |
tactual sensation tactility touch perception skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
touch touch sensation tactual sensation tactile sensation feeling | the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin, she likes the touch of silk on her skin, the surface had a greasy feeling |
cutaneous sensation haptic sensation skin sensation | a sensation localized on the skin |
pressure pressure sensation | the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin, the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal |
pain pain sensation painful sensation | a somatic sensation of acute discomfort, as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain |
cold coldness | the sensation produced by low temperatures, he shivered from the cold, the cold helped clear his head |
cold water | disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation, she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa |
cold turkey | a blunt expression of views, I told him cold turkey |
cold comfort | very limited consolation or empathy, he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me |
sensation | a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest, anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear |
cold feet | timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action, I was going to tell him but I got cold feet |
cold cuts | sliced assorted cold meats |
cold cereal dry cereal | a cereal that is not heated before serving |
stuffed tomato cold stuffed tomato | tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold |
cold duck | pink sparkling wine originally from Germany |
f ace adept champion sensation maven mavin virtuoso genius hotshot star superstar whiz whizz wizard wiza | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
cold fish | an aloof unemotional person |
cold wave | a wave of unusually cold weather |
cold weather | a period of unusually cold weather |
cold front polar front | the front of an advancing mass of colder air |
ready cash cold cash ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
cold fusion | nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures, claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken |
cold war | a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare |
Cold War | a state of political hostility that existed from untilbetween countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States |
cold storage | in a state of abeyance or postponement |
sensation | a state of widespread public excitement and interest, the news caused a sensation |
oral herpes herpes labialis cold sore fever blister | caused by herpes simplex virus type (HSV-) |
cold common cold | a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs), will they never find a cure for the common cold? |
head cold | a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache |
dry gangrene cold gangrene mumification necrosis mummification | (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color |
cold sweat | the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill, associated with fear |
cold rubber | a rubber made at low temperatures ( degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires |
cold spell cold snap | a spell of cold weather |