cool down

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Verb	1.	cool down - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" cool, chill alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" quench - cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel" ice - put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs" refrigerate - cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine"
	2.	cool down - lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" cool off, cool change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	3.	cool down - loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" cool, chill change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

Translations

يَـبْـرُديَـهْـدَأ

uklidnitvychladnout

afkøleberoligedæmpe sig neddysse nedkøle

beruhigen

calmer refroidir

hûllehûl

kólnaróast

calmarsi raffreddarsi refrigerare

vychladnúť

sakinleş meksoğu mak

变凉平静下来

w>cool down

(lit) → abkühlen; (weather also, person) → sich abkühlen

(feelings etc) → sich abkühlen; (anger also) → verrauchen; (critical situation, person: = calm down) → sich beruhigen; look, just cool down will you! → komm, reg dich (bloß wieder) ab! (inf); to let things cool down → die Sache etwas ruhen lassen

vt sep

food, drink → abkühlen; (= let cool down) → abkühlen lassen; to cool oneself down → sich abkühlen

situation → beruhigen; put him in a cell, that’ll cool him down → steck ihn in eine Zelle, dann wird er sich schon wieder beruhigen

cool

(kuːl) adjective

1. slightly cold. cool weather.

2. calm or not excitable. He's very cool in a crisis.

3. not very friendly. He was very cool towards me.

4. (slang) great; terrific; fantastic. Wow, that's really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!

verb

1. to make or become less warm. The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.

2. to become less strong. His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.

noun

cool air or atmosphere. the cool of the evening.

ˈcoolly adverb

ˈcoolness noun

cool-ˈheaded adjective

able to act calmly.

cool down

1. to make or become less warm. Let your food cool down a bit!

2. to make or become less excited or less emotional. He was very angry but he's cooled down now.

keep one's cool

not to become over-excited or confused. If you keep your cool you won't fail.

lose one's cool

not to keep one's cool.

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References in classic literature ?

That's just like you young men," said the regimental commander cooling down a little.

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The necessity of carrying on this dialogue (his part in which was very slow; mine very quick) in a low tone, that the house might not be disturbed at an unseasonable hour, did not improve my temper; though my passion was cooling down.

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Cooling down after a long day of dancing is just as important as warming up--especially when you're dancing full-out on hard convention center floors.

The 10-minute cooldown

Reo cooling down at one of the water points in Prestatyn (above), pic by Neil Edwards; Dyfi chilling with his shades on (main), pic by Joanne Edwards

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But while he was doing the donkey work, Audrey and Kyle Hunter from Cullybackey, Co Antrim, were cooling down their four-legged friend Ballybollen Blus.

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By warming up and cooling down you bring your body to its physical peak before exercise and give it the best chance of a safe recovery.

Cool it, or you lose it; Health

Cooling down properly is vital and has many benefits: Your heart rate reduces safely, avoiding any dizziness, and your temperature drops to a comfortable level - so that beetroot face disappears.

Keep your cool; Fitness expert April Logan reveals why cooling down following a workout is so important for your body to recover safely and effectively

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Jockey Launches "Hot City Cool Down" with Tim Tebow

5 reactors and could now restore their systems to monitor radiation ans other relavant data which would help in cooling down the reactors anfd their spent fuel pools.

Japan resumes cooling operations at quake-hit nuke plant

Summary: Things are finally cooling down for Abu Dhabi cooling firm Tabreed, as it reaches the final stages of its debt restructuring plan.

Cool off

com)-- "When comparing information of individual manufacturers concerning heating up and cooling down times, temperature homogeneity and temperature stability, as well as the recovery times after the door has been opened, you should always take into account the underlying test standard", explains Carsten Angermeyer, head of Technology at Memmert.

Memmert Performs Testing in Line with the Stricter Standard 12880

There's also a low-water shut-off to protect the water pump and a powerful two-speed fan motor pushing 19,400 CFM's, capable of cooling down large areas for pennies a day.