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dank
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæ?k/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): /de??k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse d?kk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”).
Adjective
dank (comparative danker, superlative dankest)
- Dark, damp and humid.
- 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, The Story of Justin Martyr
- Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:
- Who were the strugglers, what war did they wage, / Whose savage trample thus could pad the dank / Soil to a plash? [...]
- 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, The Story of Justin Martyr
- (figuratively, of marijuana) Highly potent.
- (slang, often ironic) Great, awesome.
Derived terms
- danken
- dankly
- dankness
- dank meme
Translations
Noun
dank (plural danks)
- Moisture; humidity; water.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, verse 441:
- "Yet oft they quit | The dank, and rising on siff pennons, tow'r | the mid aerial sky"
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, verse 441:
Etymology 2
From Middle English danken, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
dank (third-person singular simple present danks, present participle danking, simple past and past participle danked)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.
References
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- danek
Noun
dank (plural danks)
- A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.
Anagrams
- D. Kan., N. Dak., NKDA, kDNA, kand, kdna
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
- Hyphenation: dank
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch danc, from Old Dutch *thank, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz.
Noun
dank m (uncountable)
- gratitude, thanks
- show/token of recognition
- reward, recompense
Synonyms
- dankbetoon
- dankbetuiging
- dankzegging
Antonyms
- ondank
Derived terms
- danken
- dankbaar
- dankloos
- dankwoord
- dankzeggen
- plasdank
- stank voor dank
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dank
- first-person singular present indicative of danken
- imperative of danken
German
Etymology
Cognate with danken and Dutch dank; compare the Latin gr?tia.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?k
Preposition
dank (+ genitive or dative)
- thanks to, because of
Related terms
- danken
- bedanken
- Dank m, Undank
Further reading
- “dank” in Duden online
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dank/, [da?k]
Noun
dank m
- tax, fine, levy, duty
Declension
Further reading
- dank in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Luxembourgish
Verb
dank
- second-person singular imperative of danken
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cold
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??ld/, /k??ld/
- (General American) enPR: k?ld, IPA(key): /ko?ld/
- Homophone: coaled
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology 1
From Middle English cold, from Old English, specifically Anglian cald. The West Saxon form, ?eald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald. Both descended from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, a participle form of *kalan? (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Adjective
cold (comparative colder, superlative coldest)
- (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
- (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
- (of a person or animal) 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:
- 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.
- 2011 April 23, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 1, The Impossible Astronaut:
- Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
- Completely unprepared; without introduction.
- Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
- (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
- (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
- (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
- cold plants
- (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- 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.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
- (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
- Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
- (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
- (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
- (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless
- I can't believe she said that...that was cold!
- (informal) Not radioactive. [from the 20thc.]
- 1953, Philip K. Dick, "That's right," Jackson said. "The Old Man will be pleased to welcome you." There was eagerness in his reedy voice. "What do you say? We'll take care of you. Feed you, bring you cold plants and animals. For a week maybe?"”, in Planet for Transients, a short story published in Fantastic Universe magazine: Oct-Nov 1953. Page 64
Synonyms
- (of a thing, having a low temperature): chilled, chilly, freezing, frigid, glacial, icy, cool
- (of the weather): (UK, slang) brass monkeys, nippy, parky, taters
- (of a person or animal):
- (unfriendly): aloof, distant, hostile, standoffish, unfriendly, unwelcoming
- (unprepared): unprepared, unready
- See also Thesaurus:cold
Antonyms
- (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, ready
- (not radioactive): hot, radioactive
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English cold, colde, from Old English cald, ?eald (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *kald? (“coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Noun
cold (plural colds)
- A condition of low temperature.
- (with 'the', figuratively) A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
- The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
- (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
- (slang) rheum, sleepy dust
- 1994, Notorious B.I.G., Warning
- Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin' me and why
- 1996, Ghostface Killah, All That I Got Is You
- But I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit
- 1994, Notorious B.I.G., Warning
Synonyms
- (low temperature): coldness
- (illness): common cold, coryza, head cold, pose
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- freeze, frost
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English colde, from Old English calde, ?ealde (“coldly”), from the adjective (see above).
Adverb
cold (comparative more cold, superlative most cold)
- While at low temperature.
- The steel was processed cold.
- Without preparation.
- The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
- With finality.
- I knocked him out cold.
- (slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
- 1986, Run-DMC, Peter Piper.
- Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep / And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep
- 1986, Run-DMC, Peter Piper.
References
See also
- cool
- fresh
- lukewarm
- tepid
Anagrams
- clod, loc'd
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cald, cheld, cheald, chald
Etymology
From Old English cald, an Anglian form of ?eald.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??ld/
- (from the form ?eald) IPA(key): /t???ld/
Adjective
cold (plural and weak singular colde, comparative colder, superlative *coldest)
- (temperature) cold, cool
- (weather) cold, cool
- (locations) having a tendency to be cold
- cold-feeling, cold when touched, cooled, chilly
- lifeless, having the pallor of death
- cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive
- distressed, sorrowful, worried
- (alchemy, medicine) Considered to be alchemically cold
Descendants
- English: cold
- Scots: cald, cauld
- Yola: cole, khoal
References
- “c?ld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Noun
cold
- cold, coldness
- The feeling of coldness or chill
- Lack of feelings or emotion
- (alchemy, medicine) Alchemical coldness
Descendants
- English: cold
- Scots: cald, cauld
References
- “c?ld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
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