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colds

colds is the plural of cold.

Meaning of cold

Noun

cold (countable and uncountable, plural colds)

  1. (uncountable) A condition of low temperature.
    • Come in, out of the cold.
    Synonyms:
    coldness
  2. (figuratively) A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
    • The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
  3. (countable) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
    • I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
  4. (slang, uncountable) Rheum; sleepy dust.
    • Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin' me and why1994, Notorious B.I.G., Warning

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What is colds the plural of?
Colds is the plural of cold.

Words near colds in the dictionary

  1. Coldred
  2. Coldren
  3. Coldrens
  4. Coldridge
  5. coldrife
  6. colds
  7. coldshoulder
  8. coldshoulders
  9. coldslaw
  10. coldsleep
  11. coldsleeping

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