catch cold — verb come down with a cold • Hypernyms: ↑catch • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * catch cold 1. To contract a cold 2. To make an unexpected loss • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
catch cold — {v. phr.} 1. or[take cold] To get a common cold weather sickness that causes a running nose, sneezing, and sometimes sore throat and fever or other symptoms. * /Don t get your feet wet or you ll catch cold./ 2. {informal} To catch unprepared or… … Dictionary of American idioms
catch cold — {v. phr.} 1. or[take cold] To get a common cold weather sickness that causes a running nose, sneezing, and sometimes sore throat and fever or other symptoms. * /Don t get your feet wet or you ll catch cold./ 2. {informal} To catch unprepared or… … Dictionary of American idioms
catch cold — catch (someone) cold American to surprise someone with an event, a question, or a piece of news they are not expecting. You caught me cold with this news I didn t know anything about it … New idioms dictionary
catch cold — get a cold, come down with a cold, became infected with a cold … English contemporary dictionary
Catch — Catch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catch a cold — (catch cold) be sick with a cold, come down with a cold I caught a cold while we were in Vancouver … English idioms
cold — [kōld] adj. [ME < OE (Anglian) cald < IE base * gel , cold > COOL, Ger kalt, L gelidus] 1. of a temperature significantly or noticeably lower than average, normal, expected, or comfortable; very chilly; frigid [a cold wind] 2. a) without … English World dictionary
cold — [[t]ko͟ʊld[/t]] ♦♦ colder, coldest, colds 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable. Rinse the vegetables under cold running water... He likes his tea neither too hot nor… … English dictionary
cold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 lack of heat; low temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ biting, bitter, extreme, freezing ▪ winter VERB + COLD ▪ feel … Collocations dictionary
