cool down
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Verb | 1. | 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" |
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يَـبْـرُديَـهْـدَأ
uklidnitvychladnout
afkøleberoligedæmpe sig neddysse nedkøle
hûllehûl
kólnaróast
vychladnúť
sakinleş meksoğu mak
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(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
cool
(kuːl) adjective1. 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!
verb1. 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 adverbˈcoolness noun
cool-ˈheaded adjective
able to act calmly.
cool down1. 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.