Cold Feel Catch Stand Ill Noun Bre Kəʊld

• he shivered with cold.
• don't stand outside in the cold.
• she doesn't seem to feel the cold.
• you'll catch your death of cold (= used to warn somebody they could become ill if they do not keep warm in cold weather).

cold

1. a lack of heat or warmth; a low temperature, especially in the atmosphere
• He shivered with cold.
• Don't stand outside in the cold.
• She doesn't seem to feel the cold.
• You'll catch your death of cold (= used to warn somebody they could become ill if they do not keep warm in cold weather).
2. a common illness that affects the nose and/or throat, making you cough, sneeze, etc.
• I've got a cold.
• a bad/heavy/slight cold
• to catch a cold
3. to become ill with a cold
4. to have problems
• The film caught a cold over the outstanding debt.
5. to catch a very bad cold
6. to become accepted or included in a group, etc. after a period of being outside it
7. to not include somebody in a group or an activity

Extra Examples

• He stood out in the cold and waited.
• He took cold, developed pneumonia, and that was the end of him.
• I don’t feel the cold as badly as many people.
• I must have caught a cold on the bus.
• If you stay out in the rain you’ll catch cold!
• Jim stayed at home because he was nursing a cold.
• Millions of ordinary workers feel left out in the cold by the shift to digital technology.
• My hands were blue with cold.
• She won her match despite suffering from a heavy cold.
• The house has double glazing to keep out the cold.
• We were well wrapped up against the cold.
• When the coalition was formed the Liberals were left out in the cold.
• When will they find a cure for the common cold?
• Don’t stand outside in the cold.
• She doesn’t seem to feel the cold.

Word Origin

• Old English cald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’.