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Meaning of 'cool' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cool [ n.]
- A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
2 . Cool [ superl.]
- Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
- Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
- Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
- Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
- Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
- Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
3 . Cool [ v. i.]
- To become less hot; to lose heat.
- To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
4 . Cool [ v. t.]
- To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
- To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

Meaning of 'cool' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cool [ n]
Meaning (1):
- great coolness and composure under strain
Example in sentence:
  • keep your cool
Meaning (2):
- the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
Example in sentence:
  • the cool of early morning
3 . cool [ v]
Meaning (3):
- make cool or cooler
Example in sentence:
  • Chill the food
Meaning (4):
- lose intensity
Example in sentence:
  • His enthusiasm cooled considerably
Meaning (5):
- loose heat
Example in sentence:
  • The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
6 . cool [ a]
Meaning (6):
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
Example in sentence:
  • a cool autumn day;
  • a cool breeze;
  • a cool room;
  • cool drinks;
  • cool summer dresses
Meaning (7):
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
Example in sentence:
  • a cool reception;
  • cool to the idea of higher taxes;
  • relations were cool and polite
Meaning (8):
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
Example in sentence:
  • cool greens and blues and violets;
  • the cool sound of rushing water
9 . cool [ s]
Meaning (9):
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
Example in sentence:
  • a cool million bucks
Meaning (10):
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Example in sentence:
  • an all-right movie;
  • another minute I'd have been fine;
  • dinner and the movies had been fine;
  • everything's fine;
  • is everything all right?;
  • the passengers were shaken up but are all right;
  • things are okay
Meaning (11):
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
Example in sentence:
  • he's a cool dude;
  • it's not cool to arrive at a party too early;
  • Mary's dress is really cool;
  • that's cool
Meaning (12):
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
Example in sentence:
  • keep cool;
  • play it cool;
  • stayed coolheaded in the crisis;
  • the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament

Nearby Words:

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