COOL
\kˈuːl], \kˈuːl], \k_ˈuː_l]\
Definitions of COOL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
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neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"
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psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
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(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets"
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lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
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fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"
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used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification; "a cool million bucks"
By Princeton University
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marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
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(informal) fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"
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(informal; of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification; "a cool million bucks"
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neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"
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psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
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(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets"
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lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
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Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
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Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
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Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
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Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
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A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
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To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
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To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
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To become less hot; to lose heat.
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To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
By Oddity Software
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Slightly cold; calm; deliberate; not admitting heat; as, a cool room; chilling; lacking in cordiality; impudent; not overstated; as, he made a cool thousand.
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To make slightly cold.
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To become slightly cold.
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Coolly.
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Coolness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Coolly.
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Slightly cold: free from excitement: calm: not zealous or ardent: indifferent: impudent; also used in speaking of a sum of money, generally a large sum, by way of emphasizing the amount. (Colloq.) "I would pit her for a cool hundred."-Smollett. "A cool four thousand I never discovered from whom Joe derived the conventional temperature of the four thousand pounds, but it appeared to make the sum of money more to him, and he had a manifest relish in insisting on its being cool."-Dickens.
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To make cool: to allay or moderate, as heat, excitement, passion, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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Coolly.
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Coolness.
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To make or become cool or cooler.
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Moderate in temperature, feeling, or temperament; self - controlled; self - possessed; apathetic; chilling; slighting.
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A moderate temperature approaching cold.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman