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Definition: Cold Weather |
Cold WeatherNoun1. A period of unusually cold weather. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Cold WeatherSynonyms: cold snap (n), cold spell (n), cold wave (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cold Weather |
| English words defined with "cold weather": cold snap, cold spell, cold wave ♦ dormouse ♦ earmuff ♦ Pea-jacket ♦ snowsuit ♦ weatherstrip, Winter oil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cold weather": Black-thorn Winter ♦ Cold Temperature CO, cold-nosing ♦ Erythema Induratum ♦ Hangs on, hybrid cooling tower, hybrid wet-dry cooling tower ♦ ice plug ♦ shrinkage at early ages ♦ TRACK OILER ♦ wetdry tower. (references) |
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Screenplays | Cold weather makes people stupid and that's a fact. (Kalifornia; writing credit: Tim Metcalfe. Starring Brad Pitt as Early Grayce, Juliette Lewis as Adele Corners, David Duchovny as Brian Kessler, and Michelle Forbes as Carrie Laughlin.) Thirty days hath September, April, June, and Montana, all the rest have cold weather, except in the summer, which isn't often. (Hare-um Scare-um; writing credit: Melvin Millar) | |
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![]() | [Tents prepared for cold weather at a Division Lazaret, Gungalin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Be Careful In Cold Weather, Fires Are Dangerous. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Alongside USS Leyte (CV-32) to refuel during "Operation Frigid" cold weather underway replenishment activities in the North Atlantic, 12 November 1948. The towing cable, used to maintain spacing between the ships, has already been rigged. Messenger lines are visible in lower center. These are employed to bring across telephone lines, refueling hoses and heavier cables that will be used to exchange mail and cargo. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Ship's officers standing beside their submarine, at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut, in 1917. They are Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William F. Callaway (Executive Officer), at left, and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul F. Foster (Commanding Officer). Note their leather coats and cold weather helmets. G-4's periscopes are behind the men. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Useful information in cold weather. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Poughkeepsie title defenders - Columbia University's Varsity eight braves cold weather to work out on rough Harlem River. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Lake Muroc, California. Flying sergeant dressing in his high altitude cold weather flying suit. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | "Flying Sergeant" dressing in his high altitude cold weather flying suit. Lake Muroc, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Leonardo Da Vinci | Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In cold weather we eat more, in warm less. |
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Health | You should wear a protective cap or scarf when you're in the sun or outdoors in cold weather. (references) | |
The seasonal variation may relate to the opening of schools and to cold weather, which prompt people to spend more time indoors and increase the chances that viruses will spread from person to person. (references) | ||
The most common cold-causing viruses survive better when humidity is lowthe colder months of the year. Cold weather also may make the nasal passages' lining drier and more vulnerable to viral infection. (references) | ||
Worker Rights | China | In February 1999, TIN and the foreign press reported increased use of military-style drills and exercises (often in either very hot or very cold weather) at Lhasa's Drapchi prison. (references) |
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Expression using "cold weather": cold weather assembly. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cold weather gear | 572 |
cold weather clothing | 28 |
cold weather boot | 4 |
extreme cold weather clothing | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cold weather"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | ilyen hidegben (in this cold weather), ilyen hideg időben (in this cold weather). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 冷気 (chill, cold, cold air, cold wave), '空 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さむぞら, れいき (aura, chill, cold, cold air, cold wave, established rule, excitation, Reiki). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oldcay eatherway vreme rece. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | frigore, frigoribus, frigoris, frigus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 20 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et amittit pallium in die frigoris acetum in nitro et qui cantat carmina cordi pessimo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And leeseth the mantil in the dai of cold. Eisel in glas, that singeth dites with peruertid herte. As a moyhe to the cloth, and a werm to the tree, so sorewe of a man noyeth to the herte. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ingon sa usa nga nagahukas ug saput sa tingtugnaw, ug ingon sa suka ibabaw sa soda, Mao man siya nga nagaawit sa mga awit sa usa ka masulob-on nga kasingkasing. |
| Croatian | Kao onaj koji skida haljinu u zimski dan ili ocat lije na ranu, takav je onaj tko pjeva pjesmu turobnu srcu. |
| Danish | Som at lægge Frakken, når det er Frost, og hælde surt over Natron, så er det at synge for mismodig Mand. |
| Dutch | Die liederen zingt bij een treurig hart, is gelijk hij, die een kleed aflegt ten dage der koude, en als edik op salpeter. |
| Finnish | Kuin se, joka riisuu vaatteet pakkaspäivänä, kuin etikka lipeän sekaan, on se, joka laulaa lauluja murheelliselle sydämelle. |
| French | Oter son vêtement dans un jour froid, Répandre du vinaigre sur du nitre, C`est dire des chansons un coeur attristé. |
| German | Wer einem betrübten Herzen Lieder singt, das ist, wie wenn einer das Kleid ablegt am kalten Tage, und wie Essig auf der Kreide. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Chante mereng pou yon moun ki nan lapenn, se tankou moun ki wete tout rad sou li nan fredi, se tankou si ou prije sitwon sou yon malenng. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Bernyanyi untuk orang yang berduka seperti menelanjanginya dalam kedinginan cuaca seperti menuang cuka pada lukanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seperti orang yang menanggalkan pakaiannya pada masa sejuk, dan seperti cuka disiram kepada luka yang baharu, demikianlah hal orang yang menyanyikan nyanyian bagi orang yang berdukacita hatinya. |
| Italian | è togliersi le vesti in un giorno rigido. Aceto su una piaga viva, tali sono i canti per un cuore afflitto. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te tangata e waiata ana ki te ngakau pouri, e rite ana ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te kakahu i te rangi maeke, ki te winika hoki i runga i te houra. |
| Norwegian | Lik den som legger av sine klær på en vinterdag, lik eddik på pottaske er den som synger viser for et sorgfullt hjerte. |
| Portuguese | O que entoa canções ao coração aflito é como aquele que despe uma peça de roupa num dia de frio, e como vinagre sobre a chaga. |
| Rumanian | Ca unul care kwi scoate haina pe o zi rece, sau varsq oyet pe silitrq, awa este cine ckntq ckntece unei inimi kn nenorocire. - |
| Russian | юФП УОЙНБАЭЙК У УЕ'С П"ЕЦ"Х Ч ИПМП"ОЩК "ЕОШ, ЮФП ХЛУХУ ОБ ТБОХ, ФП ПАЭЙК ЕУОЙ ЕЮБМШОПНХ УЕТ""Х. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-h-l-o-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: cartwheel, corelated, reclothed, relocated, tracheole, trochleae. | |
-3 letters: chelated, chelator, chlorate, chordate, chortled, coleader, corelate, decorate, decretal, detacher, haltered, hectored, lathered, leadwort, reclothe, recoaled, relocate, tochered, trachled, trochlea, troweled, wreathed, wretched. | |
-4 letters: alerted, altered, caroled, catered, cathode, cerated, charted, cheated, cheater, chelate, cholate, cholera, chorale, chordal, choreal, chortle, chowder, cleared, cleated, clothed, clowder, cohered. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 6C 64      57 65 61 74 68 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101100 01100100 00100000 01010111 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o l d   W e a t h e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 006C 0064      0057 0065 0061 0074 0068 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37817870257716786747184 |
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