cool

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Slightly cold in a pleasant way.

   I like cool weather because it isn't too hot to wear a jacket.

2. 2
   adj

   Very good, fashionable, or impressive.

   That's a really cool jacket you're wearing.

3. 3
   adj

   Calm and in control, especially in a difficult situation.

   I like to think that I'm pretty cool in stressful times.

4. 4
   verb

   To become or make something less hot.

   The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm.

5. 5
   verb

   To become less strong or intense.

   Our enthusiasm cooled considerably after the bad news.

Common collocations

• cool water Adjective + noun
• refreshingly cool Adverb + adjective
• cool off Verb + adverb

From Middle English colen, from Old English cōlian (“to cool, grow cold, be cold”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlēn (“to become cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to freeze”). Cognate with Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Swedish kyla (“to cool, refrigerate”). Also partially from Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, be cold, become cold”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”), altered to resemble the adjective cool. See keel.

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