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Inflections of 'cold ' (adj colder adj comparative coldest adj superlative
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Voornaamste vertalingen adj (low in temperature) koud bn Laura dipped one foot into the cold water of the lake. cold adj (person: not warm) (persoon ) koud bn She trudged home, cold and tired. Ik heb het koud; ik ga een trui aantrekken. cold n (lack of heat) kou, koude nw de Many Alaskans do not mind the cold. cold n (common virus) kou, verkoudheid nw de koutje nw het I caught a cold last week, but am better now. cold adj (unheated) koud bn No, I don't need the microwave; I like to eat cold leftover pizza. cold adj (chilled) koud, koel bn I prefer to drink cold water.
Aanvullende vertalingen cold adj figurative (unfriendly) koud, kil, afstandelijk bn onvriendelijk bn While he is cold in public, those who know him understand that he is still a nice person. cold adj figurative (indifferent) onverschillig bn (figuurlijk ) koud bn My boss was cold to my idea of a new product line. cold adj (dead) koud, dood bn When the police arrived, they discovered two cold bodies. cold adj informal (out cold: unconscious) bewusteloos, buiten westen bn The boxer was knocked cold and the match was stopped. cold adj figurative (rational, unemotional) objectief, zonder gevoelens, neutraal bn The judge's cold reasoning followed the law but enraged the victim's family. cold adj figurative (sexually: frigid) frigide bn He wanted to make love to her, but found her very cold. cold adj figurative (far from target) (figuurlijk ) koud bn fout bn His guesses at the answer continued to be cold. He really had no idea. cold adj figurative (unprepared) onvoorbereid, niet opgewarmd bn He's not ready to go into the game. He's still cold. cold adv (unprepared) onvoorbereid, niet opgewarmd bw When the star player was injured, his backup went in cold. He had no time to get ready. cold adv (unintroduced) uit het niets, zonder voorbereiding onaangekondigd bw The salesman was given no leads, and had to call potential customers cold. cold adv US (completely) helemaal, totaal, volledig bw He stopped cold after seeing the body.
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Voornaamste vertalingen koud bn (fris) cold adj chilly adj kou nw de (koude) cold, coldness n fris bn (betrekkelijk koel) cool adj cold, chilly, nippy adj brisk adj
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Samengestelde woorden: break out in a cold sweat v expr (perspire, have chills) het koude zweet uitbreken onoverg.uitdr. Hij was bang. Het koude zweet brak hem uit. cold cash n (currency) contant geld nw het, ont. (anglicisme ) cash nw de, ont. Davis paid the workers in cold cash. cold cuts npl (meat served cold) koud geserveerde vleeswaren nw mv The buffet included a selection of cold cuts. cold wave n (period of extremely cold weather) koudegolf nw de The weather bureau forecast a cold wave. cold-blooded, adj (animal) (biologie ) koudbloedig bn Opmerking Cold-blooded animals can't regulate their body heat like warm-blooded animals do. cold-blooded, adj figurative (person: emotionless) (figuurlijk ) koudbloedig, koelbloedig bn Opmerking They say the convict is a cold-blooded killer. cold-blooded, adj figurative (act: cruel, showing no mercy) (figuurlijk ) koudbloedig, koelbloedig, meedogenloos, wreed bn Opmerking The massacre was a cold-blooded, ruthless act. coldhearted (US), adj (lacking compassion) koud, ongevoelig bn The way they went in and grabbed their mother's stuff seemed pretty cold-hearted. common cold n (cold virus) verkoudheid nw de There's no cure for the common cold. grow cold vi + adj (weather) afkoelen onoverg.ww koud worden bn+ww After night fall, the desert really grows cold. Als de nacht valt, koelt de woestijn af. grow cold vi + adj figurative (feelings) bekoelen onoverg.ww Selena's love for Eric had grown cold. have a cold v expr (be suffering from the cold virus) verkouden zijn bw + ww I don't feel like going out today because I have a cold. have [sth] down cold,[sth] down pat v expr US, informal (know, understand [sth] completely) (figuurlijk, informeel ) iets onder de knie hebben overg.uitdr. She scored 100% on her Spanish test because she had the conjugations down cold. have [sb] down cold v expr US, informal (understand [sb] 's character) iem. doorzien overg.uitdr. (figuurlijk, informeel ) dwars door iem. heen kijken onoverg.uitdr. in cold blood adv figurative (without premeditation) in koelen bloede bw The gunman killed his victim in cold blood.