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• Cold

  [kohld] /koʊld/ adjective, colder, coldest. 1. having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day. 2. feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold. 3. having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands. 4. lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, […]

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