| cool | |
| 1. adj. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold. | |
| 2. adj. Allowing or suggesting heat relief. | |
| a cool grey colour | |
| 3. adj. Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself. | |
| 4. adj. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical. | |
| His proposals had a cool reception. | |
| 5. adj. Calmly audacious. | |
| In control as always, he came up with a cool plan. | |
| 6. adj. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. | |
| 7. adj. (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others. | |
| 8. adj. (informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang. | |
| 9. adj. (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem. | |
| Is it cool if I sleep here tonight? | |
| 10. adj. (informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting. | |
| I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me. | |
| 11. n. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness. | |
| in the cool of the morning | |
| 12. n. A calm temperament. | |
| 13. n. The property of being cool, popular or in fashion. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder. | |
| I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue. | |
| 15. v. To make cooler, less warm. | |
| 16. v. (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. | |
| Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980. | |
| 17. v. To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. | |
| 18. v. To kill. | |
