American Sign Language: "cold" The sign for "cold" means "cold temperature." It doesn't mean "to have a head-cold" or to be sick. Use your arms to represent shivering. COLD: Sample sentence: "Do you like cold pizza?" To sign "very cold" use more facial expression, hunch your shoulders more, and move the "shivering of your arms" faster and tighter. very-COLD: WINTER: Many people use the sign "COLD" to mean winter. This works well in context but if there isn't much context I prefer to initialize the sign "winter" by using a "W" as the handshape. REFRIGERATOR: You could sign refrigerator by initializing this sign, but I recommend you just spell "REF." Here is a sign for refrigerator that initializes the sign COLD with "R" handshapes to mean refrigerator: Remember, I recommend you just spell, R-E-F. Some people feel that the initialized form of the sign "refrigerator" is signed English. I disagree, but do the sign the way your local instructor wants it just to be safe eh? You could also initialize the sign for "DOOR" to mean refrigerator. See: REFRIGERATOR Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore." Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "cold"

The sign for "cold" means "cold temperature." It doesn't mean "to have a head-cold" or to be sick. Use your arms to represent shivering.

COLD:

Sample sentence: "Do you like cold pizza?"

To sign "very cold" use more facial expression, hunch your shoulders more, and move the "shivering of your arms" faster and tighter.

very-COLD:

WINTER:
Many people use the sign "COLD" to mean winter. This works well in context but if there isn't much context I prefer to initialize the sign "winter" by using a "W" as the handshape.

REFRIGERATOR:
You could sign refrigerator by initializing this sign, but I recommend you just spell "REF."

Here is a sign for refrigerator that initializes the sign COLD with "R" handshapes to mean refrigerator:

Remember, I recommend you just spell, R-E-F. Some people feel that the initialized form of the sign "refrigerator" is signed English. I disagree, but do the sign the way your local instructor wants it just to be safe eh?

You could also initialize the sign for "DOOR" to mean refrigerator.

See: REFRIGERATOR

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore."

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >