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cold
Adjective
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If something is cold, it is low in temperature.
The wind made her hands cold.
It's going to be very cold today so wear a jacket.
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If someone is cold, they are not kind.
She's always so friendly to everyone, but she's really cold to him.
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If you have cold feet, you are nervous about something you planned to and you feel like not doing it.
I almost took the new job, but in the end I got cold feet.
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If you give someone the cold shoulder, you ignore them or you are unfriendly towards them.
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If you stop cold, you stop very suddenly.
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If you are out cold, you are unconscious.
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A cold light or colour is a one, often with some blue, that makes you feel cold or empty.
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If you do something cold, you do it without any preparation.
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Cold cash is coins and bills, not promises to pay.
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If something leaves you cold, it doesn't interest you at all.
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If someone's or something's trail is cold, you can't find them because they have been missing for too long.
cold
Noun
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A mild sickness. It gives your trouble with your nose and throat.
He has a cold, so he stayed in bed, kept warm, and took some medicine.
patch
Noun
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A patch is a small area that is a different colour or material from the area around it.
He'd come every other Sunday afternoon to mow the little patch of grass in front of the house.
He had red patches of skin in different places on his body.
We could see blue patches of sky between the trees.
Joe's father looked to the dark patch under the tree where Joe stood concealed.
Our small patch of forest was different.
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A patch is a piece of material that is sewn on clothes to cover a hole or for decoration.
She was wearing a jacket with patches on the elbows.
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A patch is a computer program that fixes another program.
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A patch is a length of time.
Her business has hit a rough patch lately.
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An eye patch is something to cover an eye.
patch
Verb
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If you patch clothing, a tire, etc., you put a piece of material on it to cover a hole.
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If you patch a number of things together, you put them together, but not very well.
She was patching together part-time jobs and trying to pay the rent.
The current computer system was patched together over a number of years.
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If you patch something up, you fix it.
She patched a hole in the wall where it looked like John's head had hit it.
I was hoping the problem would be patched up before I got there.