You vs Cold - What's the difference?
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(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
* 1611 , Bible , Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XLII:
* (William Shakespeare), Richard III :
* 1611 , Bible , Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XIX:
* 1975 , Joseph Nazel, Death for Hire :
(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
* (Thomas Malory), Le Morte Darthur , Book VIII:
(subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
(subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
* (Geoffrey Chaucer), "The Clerk's Tale", Canterbury Tales , Ellesmere manuscript (c. 1410):
* 1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park :
(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
* 2001 , Polly Vernon, The Guardian , 5 May 2001:
The individual or group spoken or written to.
Used before epithets for emphasis.
(label) Having a low temperature.
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(label) Causing the air to be cold.
(label) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
* 2011 April 23, (Doctor Who), series 6, episode 1, (The Impossible Astronaut):
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Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
(label) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
(label) Cornered, done for.
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(label) Not pungent or acrid.
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
(label) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
(label) Not sensitive; not acute.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm'' and ''hot .
(label) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
A condition of low temperature.
(medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
While at low temperature.
Without preparation.
With finality.
As a pronoun you
is the people spoken, or written to, as an object.As a determiner you
is the individual or group spoken or written to.As a verb you
is to address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou.As an adjective cold is
having a low temperature.As a noun cold is
a condition of low temperature.As an adverb cold is
while at low temperature.you
English
Alternative forms
* ye * ya, yah, yer, yeh, y', yo, yu (informal or eye dialect) * -cha * -ja * u * yoo (eye dialect) * yew * youe, yow, yowe (obsolete)Pronoun
- And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you , saying, Ye are spies [...].
- If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].
- And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city.
- You'd better get you a gun and kill him before he kills you or somebody.
- I charge you , as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.
- Both of you should get ready now.
- You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- certes lord / so wel vs liketh yow / And al youre werk / and euere han doon / þat we / Ne koude nat vs self deuysen how / We myghte lyuen / in moore felicitee [...].
- You' are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but ' you need not be afraid.
- You' can't choose your family, your lovers are difficult and volatile, but, oh, ' you can choose your friends - so doesn't it make much more sense to live and holiday with them instead?
Usage notes
* Originally, , respectively.) * In some forms of English, are all but nonexistent. * Although , or youse (though not all of these are completely equivalent or considered Standard English). * The pronoun is usually omitted in imperative sentences, but need not be. In affirmative imperatives, it may be included before the verb (You go right ahead''; ''You stay out of it''); in negative imperatives, it may be included either before the ''don't'', or, more commonly, after it (''Don't you dare go in there''; ''Don't you start now ). * See for other personal pronouns.Synonyms
* *: thou *: ye *: yer (UK eye dialect) * *: all of you (plural) *: you all *: you + number *: ye *: yous/youse *: y'all, all y'all (Southern US) *: ya'll (AAVE) *: you-uns (Midwestern US and Appalachia) *: yinz *: you guys/you gals *: you lot (UK) *: allyou (Caribbean) *: yer (UK eye dialect) * , ye, to you, to thee, to ye * ye, to you, to ye, to you all * (one) one, people, they, themDerived terms
* you'reSee also
(English personal pronouns)Determiner
(en determiner)- Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
- You idiot!
cold
English
Adjective
(er)- RIVER SONG (upon seeing the still-living DOCTOR, moments after he made her and two other friends watch what they thought was his death): This is cold'. Even by your standards, this is ' cold .
- cold plants
- What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
- The jest grows cold when it comes on in a second scene.
- Smell this business with a sense as cold / As is a dead man's nose.
Synonyms
* chilled, chilly, freezing, frigid, glacial, icy, cool * (of the weather) (qualifier) brass monkeys, nippy, parky, taters * (of a person or animal) * (unfriendly) aloof, distant, hostile, standoffish, unfriendly, unwelcoming * (unprepared) unprepared, unready * See alsoAntonyms
* (having a low temperature) baking, boiling, heated, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, warm * (of the weather) hot (See the corresponding synonyms of (hot).) * (of a person or animal) hot (See the corresponding synonyms of (hot).) * (unfriendly) amiable, friendly, welcoming * (unprepared) prepared, primed, readyDerived terms
* as cold as charity * as cold as ice, cold as ice * as cold as the grave, cold as the grave * blow hot and cold * brass monkeys * bring someone out in a cold sweat * coldness * cold-blooded * cold call * cold case * cold cash * cold comfort * cold cream * cold cuts * cold-eyed * cold feet/get cold feet * cold fish * cold front * * cold-hearted * cold one * cold-read * cold reading * cold snap * cold start * cold storage * cold store * cold sweat * cold turkey * cold war * cold-weld * come in from the cold * freezing cold * get cold feet * give someone the cold shoulder * in cold blood * in the cold light of day * leave someone cold * leave someone out in the cold * make someone's blood run cold * stone-cold * throw cold water onNoun
(en noun)- Come in, out of the cold .
- I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week.
Synonyms
* (low temperature) coldness * (illness) common cold, coryza, head coldDerived terms
* bitter cold * brass monkey weather * catch cold * catch one's death of cold * cold sore * cold virus * common cold * head coldCoordinate terms
* freeze, frostAdverb
(en adverb)- ''The steel was processed cold .
- The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
- I knocked him out cold .