The noun cold has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) cold, common cold -- (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?")
2. (5) coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness -- (the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor")
3. cold, coldness -- (the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head")
Overview of adj cold
The adj cold has 13 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (40) cold -- (used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer")
2. (13) cold -- (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold")
3. (1) cold -- (having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent")
4. cold -- ((color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey")
5. cold -- (marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started")
6. cold, stale -- (no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news")
7. cold -- (so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him")
8. cold, frigid -- (sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman")
9. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate -- (without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction")
10. cold -- (feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play")
11. cold -- (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold")
12. cold -- (of a seeker; far from the object sought)
13. cold -- (lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave")