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cool down
(redirected from Cooling down)

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Verb1.cool down - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
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"
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"
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
? cool down
vi
(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 downdie Sache etwas ruhen lassen
vt sep
food, drinkabkühlen; (= let cool down)abkühlen lassen; to cool oneself downsich abkühlen
situationberuhigen; put him in a cell, that’ll cool him downsteck ihn in eine Zelle, dann wird er sich schon wieder beruhigen


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