cold
Roget category 383
3. Words relating to matter› 3.3. Organic matter
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#383.
Cold
noun
cold,
coldness
etc.
adj. —
frigidity,
inclemency,
fresco.
winter —
depth of winter,
hard winter —
Siberia,
Nova Zembla —
wind-chill factor.
[forms of frozen water]
ice —
snow,
snowflake,
snow crystal,
snow drift —
sleet —
hail,
hailstone —
rime,
frost —
hoar frost,
white frost,
hard frost,
sharp frost —
barf —
glaze [U.S.],
lolly [U.S.] —
icicle,
thick-ribbed ice —
fall of snow,
heavy fall —
iceberg,
icefloe —
floe berg —
glacier —
nev_ee,
serac† —
pruina†.
[cold substances]
freezing mixture,
dry ice,
liquid nitrogen,
liquid helium.
[Sensation of cold]
chilliness
etc.
adj. —
chill —
shivering
etc.
v. —
goose skin,
horripilation† —
rigor —
chattering of teeth —
numbness,
frostbite.
verb
be cold
etc.
adj. —
shiver,
starve,
quake,
shake,
tremble,
shudder,
didder†,
quiver —
freeze,
freeze to death,
perish with cold.
freeze
etc.
(render cold)
385 —
horripilate†,
make the skin crawl,
give one goose flesh.
adjective
cold,
cool —
chill,
chilly —
icy —
gelid,
frigid,
algid† —
fresh,
keen,
bleak,
raw,
inclement,
bitter,
biting,
niveous†,
cutting,
nipping,
piercing,
pinching —
clay-cold —
starved
etc.
(made cold)
385 —
chilled to the bone,
shivering
etc.
v. —
aguish,
transi de froid [Fr.] —
frostbitten,
frost-bound,
frost-nipped.
cold as a stone,
cold as marble,
cold as lead,
cold as iron,
cold as a frog,
cold as charity,
cold as Christmas —
cool as a cucumber,
cool as custard.
icy,
glacial,
frosty,
freezing,
pruinose†,
wintry,
brumal†,
hibernal†,
boreal,
arctic,
Siberian,
hyemal† —
hyperborean,
hyperboreal† —
icebound —
frozen out.
unwarmed†,
unthawed† —
lukewarm,
tepid —
isocheimal†,
isocheimenal†,
isocheimic†.
frozen,
numb,
frost-bitten.
adverb
coldly,
bitterly
etc.
adj. —
pierre fendre [Fr.] —
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