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colden

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /kəʊld(ə)n/
  • rhymes with -əʊldən
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW1 L D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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verb

Meaning 1

To grow or make cold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, ambitransitive, figuratively, sometimes

Examples

  • Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cold + -en. Compare Middle English colden (“to colden”), from Old English cealdian (“to colden”). More at cold.