cool

IPA: kˈuɫ

noun

  • A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
  • A calm temperament.
  • The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
  • A surname.
  • (programming) Initialism of CLIPS Object-Oriented Language.
  • Ellipsis of McCool.; A surname from Irish, anglicized form of McCool. [A surname from Irish.]

verb

  • (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
  • (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
  • (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
  • (transitive, slang, dated) To kill, murder.
  • (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.

adjective

  • Of a mildly low temperature.
  • Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
  • Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
  • (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
  • Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
  • Calmly audacious.
  • Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
  • (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
  • (informal, originally hipster slang) Fashionable; trendy and hip.
  • (informal) All right; acceptable.
  • (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
  • (informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.
  • (informal) (of a pair of people) Having good relations.
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Examples of "cool" in Sentences

  • The air on the top was cool and fresh.
  • Transpiration cools the air due to evaporation.
  • Birds are softly chirping in the cool mountain air.
  • Cistern water evaporated, cooling the air in the building.
  • The idea was to catch air and cool the neck of the soldier.
  • She turned to face him, her expression cool and unreadable.
  • He winced; God, how many times was he going to use the word cool?
  • The resulting cool wet air is then passed through a desiccant bed.
  • A refrigeration unit is included for cooling the inlet air to the cooler.
  • This rapidly cools the air, and the various constituents quickly liquefy.
  • The cool ground produces condensation in the nearby air by heat conduction.
  • The air chamber in the pipe has a cooling and mellowing effect on the smoke.
  • The deficit is worth a reference; it is for what they call a cool sum, Frank.
  • More than a few Democratic politicians use the term cool or cold to describe the president.
  • Sebastian stood there, his expression cool and gloating, his arms outstretched, his fingers almost touching the tunnel walls.
  • And the French use the word cool, which is no longer really used that much in England, so I sound like some sort of 70s throwback...
  • Caroline Lubbers has always devoted a great deal of time and energy to finding what she calls cool presents for her marketing firm's clients.

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