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COOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Great coolness and composure under strain
Example:
keep your cool
Synonyms:
aplomb; assuredness; cool; poise; sang-froid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("cool" is a kind of...):
calm; calmness; composure; equanimity (steadiness of mind under stress)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
Example:
the cool of early morning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("cool" is a kind of...):
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)
Derivation:
cool (loose heat)
cool (make cool or cooler)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
Example:
the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
Synonyms:
cool; coolheaded; nerveless
Classified under:
Similar:
composed (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress)
Derivation:
coolness (fearless self-possession in the face of danger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
Example:
it's not cool to arrive at a party too early
Classified under:
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
coolness (calm and unruffled self-assurance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
Example:
a cool million bucks
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unqualified (not limited or restricted)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Example:
another minute I'd have been fine
Synonyms:
all right; cool; fine; hunky-dory; o.k.; ok; okay
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
satisfactory (giving satisfaction)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
Example:
a cool breeze
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
air-conditioned (cooled by air conditioning)
air-cooled (cooled by a flow of air)
caller (providing coolness)
precooled (cooled in advance)
water-cooled (kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water)
Also:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Attribute:
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Antonym:
warm (having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat)
Derivation:
coolness (the property of being moderately cold)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
Example:
cool to the idea of higher taxes
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unresponsive (aloof or indifferent)
Also:
unagitated (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)
unemotional (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)
unfriendly (not disposed to friendship or friendliness)
cold (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion)
Attribute:
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Antonym:
warm (psychologically warm; friendly and responsive)
Derivation:
coolness (a lack of affection or enthusiasm)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
Example:
the cool sound of rushing water
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
cold ((color) giving no sensation of warmth)
Antonym:
warm (inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cool ... he / she / it cools
Past simple: cooled
Past participle: cooled
-ing form: cooling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loose heat
Example:
The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cool" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The water cools
Antonym:
heat (gain heat or get hot)
Derivation:
cool (the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature)
coolant (a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another)
cooling (the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lose intensity
Example:
His enthusiasm cooled considerably
Synonyms:
cool; cool down; cool off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cool" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make cool or cooler
Example:
Chill the food
Synonyms:
chill; cool; cool down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cool" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
chill; cool; cool down (loose heat)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cool"):
quench (cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid)
ice (put ice on or put on ice)
refrigerate (cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They cool the water
Antonym:
heat (make hot or hotter)
Derivation:
cooling (the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature)
cooling (a mechanism for keeping something cool)
cooler (an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice)
cooler (a refrigerator for cooling liquids)
coolant (a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another)
cool (the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature)
Context examples:
In surgery, the cooling of a tissue, organ, or body part after its blood supply has been reduced or cut off.
(Cold ischemia, NCI Dictionary)
Out on the broad verandas of the hotel, men and women, in cool white, sipped iced drinks and kept their circulation down.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
In the body, cells secrete substances, such as sweat that cools the body or hormones that act in other parts of the body.
(Cellular Secretion, NCI Dictionary)
Due to the large surface to volume ratio, cooling is more efficient, allowing use of higher voltages.
(Capillary Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)
Rather cool to do another so soon and so near, but it is they, beyond all doubt.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At last I saw them hire a boat and start for a row, for it was a very hot day, and they thought, no doubt, that it would be cooler on the water.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
During this weekend, stay cool, and don’t tempt fate.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He worked more carefully, striving to be cool, though his heart was pounding against his chest and his hands were trembling.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Biopolymers and elastomers doped with ferromagnetic CrO2 will heat up when exposed to laser or sunlight, temporarily losing their magnetic properties until they cool down again.
(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
