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COOL DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loose heat

Example:

The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm

Synonyms:

chill; cool; cool down

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "cool down" 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 cool downs

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 down" 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 down" 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 down"):

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 down the water

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