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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.
scent
Noun
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A scent is a smell.
The scent of fresh bread filled the house.
The dogs followed the scent to a hole in the ground.
scent
Verb
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If mathx/math sents mathy/math, mathx/math gives mathy/math a smell.
The flowers scented the room.
He gave her a scented card.
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If you scent something such as danger or a story, you have a feeling that it exists.
When the president didn't appear, the newspapers scented a story.
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((transitive)) If an animal scents something, it smells it.
The deer ran when they scented the hunter.