VERBS
- be, feel, look, seem
- become, get, grow, turn
- As evening fell it got very cold. The room grew cold. In January it turned very cold
- make sb/sth
- The rain overnight had made the water cold
- keep sth
- Use ice to keep the drinks cold
ADV
- bitterly, extremely, freezing, ice-, icy, terribly, very
- It's bitterly cold outside. There was a freezing cold wind. an ice-cold beer
- fairly, quite, rather
VERBS
- be
- get, go
- Your dinner's getting cold. I'm afraid the coffee's gone cold
- eat sth, serve sth
- Bake in the oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold
ADV
- stone
- This soup is stone cold!
ADJ
- biting, bitter, extreme, freezing
VERB + COLD
- feel
- I don't feel the cold as badly as many people
- keep out
- The house has double glazing to keep out the cold
- be blue with, be numb with
- My hands were blue with cold
PREP
- against the ~
- We were well wrapped up against the cold
- out in the ~
- He stood out in the cold and waited. (figurative) When the coalition was formed the Liberals were left out in the cold (= were not invited to join it)
ADJ
- bad, heavy, nasty
- She won her match despite suffering from a heavy cold
- slight
- common
- When will they find a cure for the common cold?
- chest, head
VERB + COLD
- have, nurse, suffer from
- Jim stayed at home because he was nursing a cold
- catch, go down with, take
- I must have caught a cold on the bus. If you stay out in the rain you'll catch cold! He took cold, developed pneumonia, and that was the end of him