cool
verb/kuːl/
/kuːl/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cool | /kuːl/ /kuːl/ |
| he / she / it cools | /kuːlz/ /kuːlz/ |
| past simple cooled | /kuːld/ /kuːld/ |
| past participle cooled | /kuːld/ /kuːld/ |
| -ing form cooling | /ˈkuːlɪŋ/ /ˈkuːlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become cool or cooler; to make somebody/something become cool or cooler
- Glass contracts as it cools.
- Melt the chocolate and allow it to cool slightly.
- cool something The cylinder is cooled by a jet of water.
- The evening breeze cooled her face.
Extra Examples- Allow the cake to cool thoroughly before removing it from the tin.
- Dry soil cools rapidly when air temperatures fall.
- An electric fan is designed to cool the engine.
- Her tea was slowly cooling in front of her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- slightly
- etc.
- …
- allow something to
- let something
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- [intransitive] to become calmer, less excited or less enthusiastic
- I think we should wait until tempers have cooled.
- Relations between them have definitely cooled (= they are not as friendly with each other as they were).
- He had been married for some time and his passion had cooled.
- His temper had cooled slightly by this time.
- Her enthusiasm for the idea had cooled considerably.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- slightly
- somewhat
- …
become colder
become calmer
Word OriginOld English cōl (noun), cōlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koel, also to cold.
Idioms
See cool in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cool in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishcool your heels
- (informal) to have to wait for somebody/something
cool it!
- (informal) used to tell somebody to be calmer and less excited or angry
- Hey! Cool it! Don’t get so excited!
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