colds

noun

1. 1

   A condition of low temperature.

   “Come in, out of the cold.”

2. 2

   (with 'the') A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

   “The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.”

3. 3

   A common, usually harmless, 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. 4

   Rheum, sleepy dust