The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cold \Cold\, n.
The relative absence of heat or warmth.
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The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart.
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(Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
Cold sore (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever.
To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him.
Wiktionary
n. A small bump on the lips resulting from infection by the herpes virus.
WordNet
n. caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) [syn: oral herpes, herpes labialis, fever blister]
Usage examples of "cold sore".
Surrounded by cough medicine and cold sore ointment, he started playing a “.
The woman puBed at her lip again, worrying at a cold sore that was trying to scab over.