Very+cold

  • 21cold — 1. adjective /kəʊld,koʊld/ a) Having a low temperature. A cold wind whistled through the trees. b) Causing the air to be cold. The forecast is that it will be very cold today. Syn: chilled, chi …

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  • 22cold wave — noun a wave of unusually cold weather • Hypernyms: ↑wave * * * I. noun : a sudden large drop in temperature; broadly : a period of unusually cold weather II. noun : a machineless permanent wave set by a chemical preparation usually containing a… …

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  • 23very — ve|ry1 W1S1 [ˈveri] adv 1.) [+ adjective/adverb] used to emphasize an adjective, adverb, or phrase ▪ It feels very cold today. ▪ The fishing industry is very important to the area. ▪ The traffic s moving very slowly this morning. ▪ problems that… …

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  • 24cold —   1. Not warm. Anu, anuanu; ko eko e, hu ihu i (chilly).   Also: pūanuanu, konāhau (of wind); hau oki, haua īliki, āmu emu e, uhē (bitter).   ♦ To be very cold, make anu.   ♦ To shiver, as with cold, lī, ulupi i.   ♦ Cold are nights without a… …

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  • 25very — 1 / veri/ adverb 1 (+ adj/adv) used to emphasize an adjective or adverb or to add force to an expression: “Can I help you with those bags?” “Thanks, that s very nice of you.” | It feels very cold up in the bedrooms. | I feel a lot better today… …

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  • 26cold snap — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cold snap : singular cold snap plural cold snaps a sudden short period of very cold weather …

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  • 27cold — adjective 1) a cold day Syn: chilly, chill, cool, freezing, icy, snowy, wintry, frosty, frigid, gelid; bitter, biting, raw, bone chilling, nippy, arctic Ant …

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  • 28cold as ice — adjective Very cold. Syn: ice cold …

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  • 29cold wave — noun a) A short period of very cold weather; a cold snap b) A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine …

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  • 30cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey — Meaning Very cold weather conditions. Origin Uncertain origin. Some references say that the brass triangles that supported stacks of iron cannonballs on sailing ships were called monkeys and that in cold weather, as brass contracts more than iron …

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