colden

C3O1L1D2E1N1
UK/kəʊld(ə)n/

verb

To grow or make cold.

“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.”

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Meanings

verbcolden (third-person singular simple present coldens, present participle coldening, simple past and past participle coldened)

present singular third person coldens · participle present coldening · participle past coldened · past coldened · alternative colde

  1. ScotlandambitransitivefigurativelysometimesTo grow or make cold.

    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.

    1 more example

    The air had coldened and a light chill wind rose from the river.

    1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People https://books.google.ru/books?id=6chI6yyZLrYC&pg=PA57&dq=coldened&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilmZucgK_LAhUE6CwKHVnsAts4ChDoAQg9MAU#v=onepage&q=coldened&f=false

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with colden

goldenholdenoldenbeholdenboldenemboldenmoldenfolden
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Anagrams

Dolenccendol
Cite this entry
APA

colden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colden

MLA

“colden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colden.

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