The word cool definition

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The video of Spot digging was pretty cool—how did that work?


IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023





Ric Owens of Roberts Design gave the hotel interiors a cool, yet approachable feel with neoclassical French flare.


Medgina Saint-elien, House Beautiful, 13 Feb. 2023





Not in a bad way, but in a good, strange, really cool way.


The Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2023





Both teed off in the morning wave when the wind wreaked havoc on performances, but both kept their cool.


Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023





Faison got so giddy meeting Travolta, that Braff had to remind him to keep his cool.


Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023





Yet when the lights shine brightest, Houston too often loses its cool.


Michael Shapiro, Chron, 9 Feb. 2023





Some wineries are experimenting with shallow water aging, but most are looking to recreate the conditions of the wrecks that whet the industry’s interest: consistently cool, dark, and deep.


Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023





But to have made these records 30 years ago and not be embarrassed, that’s a pretty cool thing.


Josh Chesler, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2023




One report from the Institute for Supply Management said that growth in the U.S. services sector slowed last month by more than economists expected, as the pace of new orders cooled.


Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023





Arguably the best time to visit, however, is fall, when temperatures have just started to cool and the air is crisp yet still warm enough for a light jacket.


Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2023





So the conveyor belt takes a 161-foot route to the packaging area to give them a chance to cool.


Kevin Dupzyk Christopher Payne, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023





Over the past year, the Fed has raised interest rates from nearly zero to a range of 4.75% to 5% to cool the economy.


Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023





The energy audit might indicate a need to replace heating and cooling systems, seal ducts, install water-saving features and upgrade thermostats to programmable models that can help people monitor their energy use.


The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2023





Remove and allow to cool to room temperature.


Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023





As the Timberwolves cooled, the Lakers offense started to operate more effectively, the team getting to the basket, hitting open threes and getting to the line.


Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023





Meanwhile, administrators and the civil rights groups say the school system is still inappropriately funded to maintain its buildings, which are among the oldest in the state and frequently close to students due to lack of heating and cooling throughout the year.


Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023




But rather than trying to fully recreate the Banks patriarch’s magnetism, the Canadian actor took certain aspects from the iconic portrayal and fused them with a new-school cool inspired by none other than former POTUS Barack Obama.


Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Apr. 2023





But that front will definitely bring a significant cool-down for the rest of the week.


Kxas-tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023





Around Washington, a cool-down in mid-March is far from a guarantee of snow, or even really cold weather.


Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023





However, this recent cool-down could be deceiving.


Sam Burdette, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2022





Anxiety on the UConn bench built in the fourth quarter as Ohio State players tried to keep their cool.


The New York Times, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023





Keep in touch, keep inviting, keep your cool.


Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023





Mistake #6: Not Including Warm-Ups & Cool Downs A common denominator among world-class athletes and those who enjoy a career of consistent and healthy training is a systematic, patient, and deliberate warm-up (and cool-down) routine.


Chris Johnson, Outside Online, 10 Feb. 2023





Overland’s lambskin jacket will keep you warm (without losing your cool).


Brad Lanphear, Men’s Health, 6 Jan. 2023




The Ford Bronco can scratch almost anyone’s itch for a cool-looking SUV with mega off-road capability without sacrificing good paved-road behavior in the process.


Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023





Some cool-looking shots.


Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2023





Asus Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) has unveiled its varied, eclectic, and very cool-looking lineup of new gaming laptops for 2021.


Monica Chin, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2021





The Peloton Bike+ is a cool-looking machine with a matte black finish and red accents.


Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2023





Today, the Sun had two relatively minor — but quite cool-looking — events.


Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2012





But while the script (co-written by Eisener and John Davies) is weak, there is an endearingly scruffy vibe here, goosed by some cool-looking costumes and effects.


Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023





The bodyweight-only moves on this list are great additions to any dynamic warm-up or cool-down, too.


Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022





Now, add something new and kind of cool-sounding, scheduled to open October 1: an interactive exhibit inspired by … cannabis.


Joan Oleck, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021



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cool

 (ko͞ol)

adj. cool·er, cool·est

1. Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold: fresh, cool water; a cool autumn evening.

2. Giving or suggesting relief from heat: a cool breeze; a cool blouse.

3. Marked by calm self-control: a cool negotiator.

4. Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive: a cool greeting; was cool to the idea of higher taxes.

5. Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.

6. Slang

a. Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments: spent all his time trying to be cool.

b. Excellent; first-rate: has a cool sports car; had a cool time at the party.

c. Acceptable; satisfactory: It’s cool if you don’t want to talk about it.

7. Slang Entire; full: worth a cool million.

adv.

Informal In a casual manner; nonchalantly: play it cool.

v. cooled, cool·ing, cools

v.tr.

1. To make less warm.

2. To make less ardent, intense, or zealous: problems that soon cooled my enthusiasm for the project.

3. Physics To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

v.intr.

1. To become less warm: took a dip to cool off.

2. To become calmer: needed time for tempers to cool.

n.

1. A cool place, part, or time: the cool of early morning.

2. The state or quality of being cool.

3. Composure; poise: «Our release marked a victory. The nation had kept its cool» (Moorhead Kennedy).

Idioms:

cool it Slang

1. To calm down; relax.

2. To stop doing something.

cool (one’s) heels Informal

To wait or be kept waiting.



cool′ish adj.

cool′ly adv.

cool′ness n.

Synonyms: cool, calm, composed, collected, imperturbable, nonchalant
These adjectives indicate absence of excitement or discomposure in a person, especially in times of stress. Cool usually implies an alert self-possession, but it may also indicate aloofness: «Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience» (B.H. Liddell Hart).«An honest hater is often a better fellow than a cool friend» (John Stuart Blackie).
Calm suggests a serenity achieved through mastery over agitation or inner turmoil: «It was like coming across a bear in the woods: you were supposed to stand still and remain calm, against every impulse» (Cheryl Strayed).
Composed and collected stress self-control brought about by mental concentration: The dancer was composed as she prepared for her recital. The witness remained collected throughout the questioning. Imperturbable and unruffled suggest equanimity in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances: The crises of 1837 shook his previously imperturbable composure (James A. Henretta).
Nonchalant describes a casual manner that may suggest either confidence or lack of concern: «the nonchalant way of loggers with regard to injuries» (Molly Gloss). See Also Synonyms at cold.

Our Living Language The usage of cool as a general positive epithet or interjection has been part and parcel of English slang since World War II, and has even been borrowed into other languages, such as French and German. Originally this sense is a development from its use in African American Vernacular English to mean «excellent, superlative,» first recorded in written English in the early 1930s. Jazz musicians who used the term are responsible for its popularization during the 1940s. As a slang word expressing generally positive sentiment, it has stayed current (and cool) far longer than most such words. One of the main characteristics of slang is the continual renewal of its vocabulary and storehouse of expressions: in order for slang to stay slangy, it has to have a feeling of novelty. Slang expressions meaning the same thing as cool, like bully, capital, hot, groovy, hep, crazy, nervous, far-out, rad, tubular, def, and phat have for the most part not had the staying power or continued universal appeal of cool.

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cool

(kuːl)

adj

1. moderately cold: a cool day.

2. comfortably free of heat: a cool room.

3. producing a pleasant feeling of coldness: a cool shirt.

4. able to conceal emotion; calm: a cool head.

5. lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc: a cool welcome.

6. calmly audacious or impudent

7. informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual: a cool ten thousand.

8. (Colours) (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold

9. (Jazz) (of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed

10. informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way

11. informal excellent; marvellous

adv

not standard in a cool manner; coolly

n

12. coolness: the cool of the evening.

13. slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one’s cool)

14. slang unruffled elegance or sophistication

vb

15. (usually foll by: down or off) to make or become cooler

16. (usually foll by: down or off) to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down

17. cool it (usually imperative) slang to calm down; take it easy

18. cool one’s heels to wait or be kept waiting

[Old English cōl; related to Old Norse kōlna, Old High German kuoli; see cold, chill]

ˈcoolish adj

ˈcoolly adv

ˈcoolness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cool

(kul)

adj.

1. moderately cold; neither warm nor cold.

2. imparting a sensation of coolness: a cool breeze.

3. permitting relief from heat: a cool dress.

4. not excited; calm: remained cool in the face of disaster.

5. not hasty; deliberate: a cool and calculated action.

6. lacking in interest or enthusiasm: a cool reply to an invitation.

7. lacking in cordiality: a cool reception.

8. calmly audacious or impudent: a cool lie.

9. unresponsive; indifferent: cool to his passionate advances.

10. Informal. not exaggerated or qualified: a cool million dollars.

11. (of colors) having green, blue, or violet predominating.

12. Slang.

a. great; excellent.

b. highly skilled; adept: cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.

c. socially adept: It’s not cool to arrive at a party too early.

adv.

13. Informal. coolly: play it cool.

n.

14. a cool part, place, or time: in the cool of the evening.

15. calmness; composure; poise: maintaining her cool under pressure.

v.i.

16. to become cool: cooled off in the mountain stream.

17. to become less ardent or cordial.

v.t.

18. to make cool; impart a sensation of coolness to.

19. to lessen the ardor or intensity of: Disappointment cooled his enthusiasm.

interj.

20. Slang. (used to express approval, admiration, or the like): New car? Cool!

Idioms:

cool it, Slang. calm down.

[before 1000; Middle English cole, Old English cōl, c. Middle Low German kōl, Old High German kuoli. See cold, chill]

cool′ish, adj.

cool′ly, adv.

cool′ness, n.

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cool

Past participle: cooled
Gerund: cooling

Imperative
cool
cool
Present
I cool
you cool
he/she/it cools
we cool
you cool
they cool
Preterite
I cooled
you cooled
he/she/it cooled
we cooled
you cooled
they cooled
Present Continuous
I am cooling
you are cooling
he/she/it is cooling
we are cooling
you are cooling
they are cooling
Present Perfect
I have cooled
you have cooled
he/she/it has cooled
we have cooled
you have cooled
they have cooled
Past Continuous
I was cooling
you were cooling
he/she/it was cooling
we were cooling
you were cooling
they were cooling
Past Perfect
I had cooled
you had cooled
he/she/it had cooled
we had cooled
you had cooled
they had cooled
Future
I will cool
you will cool
he/she/it will cool
we will cool
you will cool
they will cool
Future Perfect
I will have cooled
you will have cooled
he/she/it will have cooled
we will have cooled
you will have cooled
they will have cooled
Future Continuous
I will be cooling
you will be cooling
he/she/it will be cooling
we will be cooling
you will be cooling
they will be cooling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cooling
you have been cooling
he/she/it has been cooling
we have been cooling
you have been cooling
they have been cooling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cooling
you will have been cooling
he/she/it will have been cooling
we will have been cooling
you will have been cooling
they will have been cooling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cooling
you had been cooling
he/she/it had been cooling
we had been cooling
you had been cooling
they had been cooling
Conditional
I would cool
you would cool
he/she/it would cool
we would cool
you would cool
they would cool
Past Conditional
I would have cooled
you would have cooled
he/she/it would have cooled
we would have cooled
you would have cooled
they would have cooled

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

cool

1. To leave food to stand at room temperature until it is no longer warm to the touch.

2. To refrigerate.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. cool - the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperaturecool — the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; «the cool of early morning»

low temperature, cold, frigidity, frigidness, coldness — the absence of heat; «the coldness made our breath visible»; «come in out of the cold»; «cold is a vasoconstrictor»

2. cool - great coolness and composure under straincool — great coolness and composure under strain; «keep your cool»

aplomb, assuredness, sang-froid, poise

calm, calmness, composure, equanimity — steadiness of mind under stress; «he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity»

Verb 1. cool — make cool or cooler; «Chill the food»

cool down, chill

alter, change, modify — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; «The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city»; «The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue»

quench — cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; «quench steel»

ice — put ice on or put on ice; «Ice your sprained limbs»

refrigerate — cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; «refrigerate this medicine»

heat, heat up — make hot or hotter; «the sun heats the oceans»; «heat the water on the stove»

2. cool — loose heat; «The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm»

chill, cool down

change state, turn — undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; «We turned from Socialism to Capitalism»; «The people turned against the President when he stole the election»

heat up, hot up, heat — gain heat or get hot; «The room heated up quickly»

3. cool — lose intensity; «His enthusiasm cooled considerably»

cool down, cool off

change — undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; «She changed completely as she grew older»; «The weather changed last night»

Adj. 1. cool — neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; «a cool autumn day»; «a cool room»; «cool summer dresses»; «cool drinks»; «a cool breeze»

cold — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; «a cold climate»; «a cold room»; «dinner has gotten cold»; «cold fingers»; «if you are cold, turn up the heat»; «a cold beer»

warm — having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; «a warm body»; «a warm room»; «a warm climate»; «a warm coat»

2. cool — 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»

coolheaded, nerveless

composed — serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; «the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage»; «I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time»

3. cool — (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; «cool greens and blues and violets»

warm — (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows; «warm reds and yellows and orange»

4. cool — 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»

unagitated — not agitated or disturbed emotionally

unemotional — unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

unfriendly — not disposed to friendship or friendliness; «an unfriendly coldness of manner»; «an unfriendly action to take»

cold — extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; «a cold unfriendly nod»; «a cold and unaffectionate person»; «a cold impersonal manner»; «cold logic»; «the concert left me cold»

warm — psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; «a warm greeting»; «a warm personality»; «warm support»

5. cool — (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification; «a cool million bucks»

colloquialism — a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

unqualified — not limited or restricted; «an unqualified denial»

6. cool — 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»

colloquialism — a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

fashionable, stylish — being or in accordance with current social fashions; «fashionable clothing»; «the fashionable side of town»; «a fashionable cafe»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

cool

adjective

1. cold, chilled, chilling, refreshing, chilly, nippy, QL (S.M.S.) I felt a current of cool air.
cold warm, sunny, lukewarm, tepid, moderately hot

2. calm, together (slang), collected, relaxed, composed, laid-back (informal), serene, sedate, self-controlled, placid, level-headed, dispassionate, unfazed (informal), unruffled, unemotional, self-possessed, imperturbable, unexcited, QL (S.M.S.) He was marvellously cool, smiling as if nothing had happened.
calm troubled, excited, nervous, tense, agitated, impassioned, delirious, perturbed, twitchy (informal), overwrought, antsy (informal)

3. unfriendly, reserved, distant, indifferent, aloof, lukewarm, unconcerned, uninterested, frigid, unresponsive, offhand, unenthusiastic, uncommunicative, unwelcoming, standoffish, QL (S.M.S.) People found him too cool, aloof and arrogant.
unfriendly warm, friendly, outgoing, responsive, receptive, amiable, cordial, sociable, chummy (informal)

5. (Informal) fashionable, with it (informal), hip (slang), stylish, trendy (Brit. informal), chic, up-to-date, urbane, up-to-the-minute, voguish (informal), trendsetting, QL (S.M.S.) He was trying to be really cool and trendy.

7. excellent, good, mean (slang), great, choice, brilliant, cracking (Brit. informal), crucial (slang), outstanding, superb, superior, first-class, mega (slang), dope (slang), world-class, admirable, first-rate, def (slang), superlative, top-notch (informal), brill (informal), bodacious (slang, chiefly U.S.), boffo (slang), bitchin’ (U.S. slang), chillin’ (U.S. slang), QL (S.M.S.) this summer’s coolest film

verb

1. lose heat, cool off Drain the meat and allow it to cool.
lose heat heat (up), warm (up), thaw

3. calm (down), lessen, abate Within a few minutes their tempers had cooled.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

cool

adjective

1. Marked by a low temperature:

2. Not easily excited, even under pressure:

calm, collected, composed, cool-headed, detached, even, even-tempered, imperturbable, nonchalant, possessed, unflappable, unruffled.

3. Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner:

aloof, chill, chilly, distant, offish, remote, reserved, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn.

4. Slang. Particularly excellent:

divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.

verb

To bring one’s emotions under control:

noun

Slang. A stable, calm state of the emotions:

aplomb, balance, collectedness, composure, coolness, equanimity, imperturbability, imperturbableness, nonchalance, poise, sang-froid, self-possession, unflappability.

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Translations

chladnýcoolklidnýochladitochladnout

koldkølekøle afkøligkølighed

malvarmetamojosa

viileäsiisti

drzakhladankul

állati jócsillapodik

sejuk

fálegur, kuldalegurkælaminnkarólegur, kaldursvali

かっこいい涼しい

멋진서늘한

abejingasabejingumasataušintiatauštiatšalti

atdzesētatdzistatvēsinātatvēstdzestrs

friguroasăfriguros

ochladiť saochladnúť

doberhladenkulmirenprivlačen

coolkyligoksvalsvalna

เย็นทันสมัย

mát mẻsành điệu

cool

[kuːl]

A. ADJ (cooler (compar) (coolest (superl)))

2. (= light, comfortable) [dress, fabric] → fresco

3. (= pale) [colour, shade, blue] → fresco

7. (= trendy, stylish) [object, person] → guay (Sp)
hey, (that’s really) cool!¡ala, qué guay!¡ala, cómo mola! (Sp)
it’s cool to say you like computersqueda muy bien decir que te gustan los ordenadores

8. (= acceptable) don’t worry, it’s cooltranqui, no pasa nada
he’s cooles un tipo legal (Sp)

C. VT

2. (= dampen) [+ emotions, feelings] → enfriar
cool it!¡tranquilo!

cool down

A. VT + ADV

2. (= make calmer) to cool sb downcalmar a algn

B. VI + ADV

2. (= become calmer) [person, situation] → calmarse
cool down!¡cálmese!

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cool

[ˈkuːl]

adj

[place] → frais(fraîche); [drink] → frais(fraîche)
to keep sth cool → garder qch au frais, conserver qch au frais

[clothes, fabric] → léger/ère

(= unfriendly) → froid(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cool

adj (+er)

(= unenthusiastic, unfriendly) greeting, reception, lookkühl; to be cool to(wards) somebodysich jdm gegenüber kühl verhalten; play it cool!immer mit der Ruhe!; she decided to play it coolsie entschied sich, ganz auf kühl zu machen

(inf, with numbers etc) → glatt (inf); he earns a cool thirty thousand a yearer verdient glatte dreißigtausend im Jahr (inf)

(inf: = great, smart) idea, disco, pub, dress etcstark (inf), → cool (sl); dressstylish (inf); to act coolsich cool geben (sl); to look coolcool aussehen (sl)

n

(lit, fig)Kühle f; in the cool of the eveningin der Abendkühle; to keep something in the cooletw kühl aufbewahren


cool

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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cool

(kuːl) adjective

1. slightly cold. cool weather.

2. calm or not excitable. He’s very cool in a crisis.

3. not very friendly. He was very cool towards me.

4. (slang) great; terrific; fantastic. Wow, that’s really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!

verb

1. to make or become less warm. The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.

2. to become less strong. His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.

noun

cool air or atmosphere. the cool of the evening.

ˈcoolly adverbˈcoolness nouncool-ˈheaded adjective

able to act calmly.

cool down

1. to make or become less warm. Let your food cool down a bit!

2. to make or become less excited or less emotional. He was very angry but he’s cooled down now.

keep one’s cool

not to become over-excited or confused. If you keep your cool you won’t fail.

lose one’s cool

not to keep one’s cool.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

cool

أَنِيق, بارِد chladný, cool kold, sej cool, kühl δροσερός, στυλάτος chulo, fresco, genial siisti, viileä cool, frais drzak, hladan figo, fresco かっこいい, 涼しい 멋진, 서늘한 cool, koel avkjølt, kul chłodny, fajny bacana, fixe, fresco прохладный, стильный cool, kylig เย็น, ทันสมัย havalı, serin mát mẻ, sành điệu 凉爽的, 时尚的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

cool

a. fresco-a; refrescado-a;

___ headedsereno-a, calmado-a;

[weather] it is ___hace fresco;

[body temperature] he, she, it is ___está fresco-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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adjective, cool·er, cool·est.

moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.

feeling comfortably or moderately cold: I’m perfectly cool, but open the window if you feel hot.

imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from heat: a cool breeze.

permitting such a sensation: a cool dress.

not excited; calm; composed; under control: to remain cool in the face of disaster.

not hasty; deliberate: a cool and calculated action.

lacking in interest or enthusiasm: a cool reply to an invitation.

lacking in warmth or cordiality: a cool reception.

calmly audacious or impudent: a cool lie.

aloof or unresponsive; indifferent: He was cool to her passionate advances.

unaffected by emotions; disinterested; dispassionate: She made a cool appraisal of all the issues in the dispute.

Informal. (of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification: a cool million dollars.

(of colors) with green, blue, or violet predominating.

Slang.

  1. great; fine; excellent: a real cool comic.
  2. characterized by great facility; highly skilled or clever: cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.
  3. socially adept: It’s not cool to arrive at a party too early.
  4. acceptable; satisfactory; okay: If you want to stay late, that’s cool.

adverb

interjection

Slang.

  1. (used to express acceptance): Okay, cool! I’ll be there at 10:00.
  2. (used to express approval, admiration, etc.): He got the job? Cool!

noun

something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.: in the cool of the evening.

coolness.

calmness; composure; poise: an executive noted for maintaining her cool under pressure.

verb (used without object)

to become cool (sometimes followed by down or off): The soup cooled in five minutes. We cooled off in the mountain stream.

to become less ardent, cordial, etc.; become moderate.

verb (used with object)

to make cool; impart a sensation of coolness to.

to lessen the ardor or intensity of; allay; calm; moderate: Disappointment cooled his early zealousness.

Verb Phrases

cool down. See entry at cooldown.

cool off, Informal. to become calmer or more reasonable: Wait until he cools off before you talk to him again.

cool out, Slang. to calm or settle down; relax: cooling out at the beach.

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Idioms about cool

    cool it, Slang. calm down; take it easy.

Origin of cool

First recorded before 1000; Middle English col, coul, Old English cōl; cognate with Middle Low German kōl, Old High German kuoli, German kühl; see cold, chill

synonym study for cool

1. See cold. 5. See calm.

OTHER WORDS FROM cool

cool·ing·ly, adverbcool·ish, adjectivecool·ly, adverbcool·ness, noun

o·ver·cool, adjectiveo·ver·cool·ly, adverbo·ver·cool·ness, nounre·cool, verbsub·cool, verb (used with object)ul·tra·cool, adjectiveun·cooled, adjectivewell-cooled, adjective

Words nearby cool

cooktop, Cooktown orchid, cook up, cookware, cook with gas, cool, coolabah, coolamon, coolant, cool as a cucumber, cool bag

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Words related to cool

chilly, frigid, frosty, refreshing, placid, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquil, lukewarm, neat, air-cool, air-condition, chill, cool down, freeze, refrigerate, ice, calm, chill out

How to use cool in a sentence

  • So, the water cooled in the salt slush was definitely colder than the water cooled in simple ice.

  • According to a Monday blog post from Microsoft, the consistently cool underwater temperatures made it possible to use similar heat-exchange plumbing to the kind found on submarines.

  • We handled some of the work, so you can get your cool java sooner.

  • While it seems everyone wants to keep pace with the cool kids, everyone can’t keep pace with the cool kids.

  • We look at the trends, and it’s a reason we started a delivery service before it was cool.

  • It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.

  • She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.

  • Triton prices the 1000/3 LP at a cool $3.15 million—inclusive of pilot training.

  • Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.

  • The Ismael brothers even make an effort to look cool, if not fashionable, by local standards.

  • Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning’s dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.

  • It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.

  • He has told me that their society produced on him the effect of the cool hands of saints against his cheek.

  • I laved his pain-twisted face with the cool water and let a few drops trickle into his open mouth.

  • As for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.

British Dictionary definitions for cool


adjective

moderately colda cool day

comfortably free of heata cool room

producing a pleasant feeling of coldnessa cool shirt

able to conceal emotion; calma cool head

lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etca cool welcome

calmly audacious or impudent

informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actuala cool ten thousand

(of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold

(of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed

informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way

informal excellent; marvellous

adverb

not standard in a cool manner; coolly

noun

coolnessthe cool of the evening

slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one’s cool)

slang unruffled elegance or sophistication

verb

(usually foll by down or off) to make or become cooler

(usually foll by down or off) to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down

cool it (usually imperative) slang to calm down; take it easy

cool one’s heels to wait or be kept waiting

Derived forms of cool

coolingly, adverbcoolingness, nouncoolish, adjectivecoolly, adverb

coolness, noun

Word Origin for cool

Old English cōl; related to Old Norse kōlna, Old High German kuoli; see cold, chill

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Other Idioms and Phrases with cool


In addition to the idioms beginning with cool

  • cool as a cucumber
  • cool down
  • cool it
  • cool off
  • cool one’s heels
  • cool out

also see:

  • keep cool
  • keep one’s cool
  • play it cool

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English

Alternative forms

  • (slang) c00l, coo, k00l, kewl, kool, qewl, qool

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ko͞ol, IPA(key): /kuːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kul/
  • Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology 1

From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (cool, cold, tranquil, calm), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz, *kōluz (cool), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian köil (cool), West Frisian koel (cool), Dutch koel (cool), Limburgish kool (cool), German Low German köhl (cool), German kühl (cool). Related to cold.

Adjective

cool (comparative cooler, superlative coolest)

cool colors
  1. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
    Synonym: chilly
    Antonyms: lukewarm, tepid, warm
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

      The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses’ feet: [] .

  2. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

    Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.

    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess[1]:

      Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.

  3. Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
    Antonym: warm

    If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.

  4. Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
    Synonyms: distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional
    Antonym: passionate
  5. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
    Antonym: warm

    His proposals had a cool reception.

  6. Calmly audacious.

    In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.

  7. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
    • Who will lend me a cool hundred.
    • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XVIII, in Great Expectations [], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, [], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 303:

      But she had wrote out a little coddleshell in her own hand a day or two afore the accident, leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.

    • 1900, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Transmigration
      You remember Bulger, don’t you? You lost a cool hundred to him one night here over the cards, eh?
    • 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
      My father was talking to the World’s Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it’s going to cost a cool fifty million.
  8. (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
    Antonyms: awkward, uncool
    • 2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in the Guardian[3]:

      He managed to conduct interviews with the least cool global figure – his father, Prince Charles – and the most cool, Barack Obama, in a way that allowed them both to look as good as they could.

  9. (informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
    Synonyms: à la mode, fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish, happening, hip, in, trendy
    Antonyms: démodé, old hat, out, out of fashion
    • 2008, Lou Schuler, «Foreward», in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
      The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn’t really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
  10. (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
    Synonyms: acceptable, all right, OK
    Antonyms: (UK) not cricket, not on, unacceptable

    Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?

  11. (informal) Very interesting or exciting.

    I think astronomy is really cool.

    Synonyms: awesome, neat
  12. (informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.

    I’m completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.

    Synonyms: easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed
    Antonyms: bothered, upset
  13. (informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.

    We’re cool, right?

  14. (sarcastic) (of an act or situation) annoying, irritating.
    • 1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 13, in Little Women: Or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, part first, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC:

      «Well, that’s cool,» said Laurie to himself, «to have a picnic and never ask me!»

Derived terms
  • be cool
  • before it was cool
  • blow one’s cool
  • cool and the gang
  • cool arrow
  • cool art
  • cool as a cucumber
  • cool bag
  • cool beans
  • cool box
  • cool cat
  • cool change
  • cool flame
  • cool gray
  • cool grey
  • cool hand
  • cool head
  • cool heads must prevail
  • cool heads prevail
  • cool heads will prevail
  • cool hunter
  • cool jazz
  • cool kid
  • cool medium
  • cool pose
  • cool store
  • cool story bro
  • cool tankard
  • cool-headed
  • cool-headedness
  • cool-o-meter
  • coolbox
  • coolchest
  • coolen
  • coolish
  • coolly
  • coolness
  • coolroom
  • coolth
  • ice cool
  • ice-cool
  • keep a cool head
  • keep one’s cool
  • lose one’s cool
  • too cool for school
  • uncool
  • ur-cool
Descendants
  • Chinese: ()
  • Dutch: cool
  • French: cool
  • German: cool
  • Polish: cool
  • Spanish: cool
  • Swedish: cool
  • Japanese: クール (kūru)
    Japanese: クーデレ (kūdere)

    English: kuudere
Translations

having a slightly low temperature

  • Arabic: بَارِد(bārid)
    Egyptian: سقعان‎ m (saʾʿān)
  • Armenian: զով (hy) (zov), (of weather) հով (hy) (hov)
  • Azerbaijani: sərin (az)
  • Bashkir: һалҡын (halqın)
  • Belarusian: халаднава́ты (xaladnaváty)
  • Breton: fresk (br), sin
  • Burmese: အေး (my) (e:)
  • Catalan: fred, fresc (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: (loeng4)
    Mandarin: 涼快凉快 (zh) (liángkuài), 清涼清凉 (zh) (qīngliáng)
  • Czech: chladný (cs)
  • Danish: kølig (da)
  • Dutch: koel (nl), fris (nl)
  • Esperanto: malvarmeta
  • Finnish: viileä (fi)
  • French: frais (fr)
  • Georgian: გრილი (grili)
  • German: kühl (de)
  • Guaraní: ro’ysã
  • Hebrew: צונן(tzonen), קריר‎ (karir)
  • Hungarian: hűvös (hu)
  • Icelandic: svalur (is)
  • Ido: koldeta (io)
  • Indonesian: sejuk (id)
  • Interlingua: fresc, frigide
  • Italian: fresco (it), freddo (it)
  • Japanese: 涼しい (ja) (すずしい, suzushii)
  • Kashubian: chłodny
  • Korean: 쌀쌀하다 (ko) (ssalssalhada), 시원하다 (ko) (siwonhada)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: فێنک (ckb) (fênik)
    Northern Kurdish: hênik (ku), hîn (ku), fênik (ku)
  • Latin: frigidulus
  • Latvian: vēss (lv)
  • Maori: mātaotao, mātao, kōangi, hauangi, pūangiangi, pūangi, kōtao
  • Marathi: थंड (thaṇḍa)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: kjølig, sval
    Nynorsk: kjølig, sval
  • Occitan: fresc (oc) m
  • Persian: خنک (fa) (xonak)
  • Polish: chłodny (pl)
  • Portuguese: fresco (pt)
  • Romanian: friguros (ro)
  • Romansch: frestg, fraid
  • Russian: прохла́дный (ru) (proxládnyj), холоднова́тый (ru) (xolodnovátyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Slovak: chladný, mierne chladný, svieži
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: chłodny
  • Spanish: fresco (es)
  • Swedish: sval (sv)
  • Thai: เย็น (th) (yen)
  • Tupinambá: ro’ysang
  • Turkish: serin (tr)
  • Ukrainian: прохоло́дний (proxolódnyj)
  • Vietnamese: mát (vi), mát mẻ (vi)
  • Yiddish: קיל(kil)

allowing or suggesting heat relief

not showing emotion, calm

  • Catalan: fred (ca) m, freda (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:  (zh) ()
  • Danish: kold (da)
  • Dutch: kil (nl), kalm (nl) (pjes), koel (nl) (tjes)
  • Esperanto: trankvila (eo), kalma (eo), kvieta (eo)
  • Finnish: viileä (fi), hillitty (fi), rauhallinen (fi), kylmähermoinen, tyyni (fi)
  • Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili), მშვიდი (mšvidi)
  • German: cool (de), kalt (de)
  • Irish: réidh
  • Italian: tranquillo (it), calmo (it), imperturbabile (it), freddo (it)
  • Macedonian: ла́ден (láden), нево́збуден (nevózbuden), ладно́крвен (ladnókrven)
  • Norwegian: kald (no), rolig (no), behersket
  • Polish: opanowany (pl), spokojny (pl)
  • Portuguese: tranquilo (pt)
  • Russian: хладнокро́вный (ru) (xladnokróvnyj), невозмути́мый (ru) (nevozmutímyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh), hladan (sh)
  • Slovak: pokojný (sk)
  • Spanish: tranquilo (es), sereno (es)
  • Swedish: kylig (sv), lugn (sv)
  • Turkish: soğukkanlı (tr), sakin (tr)

unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 沉著沉着 (zh) (chénzhuó)
  • Danish: Kølig
  • Dutch: kil (nl), koel (nl), lauw (nl), onentoesiast
  • Finnish: viileä (fi)
  • Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili)
  • German: kühl (de)
  • Irish: fuarchúiseach
  • Italian: distaccato (it), indifferente (it), scettico (it)
  • Macedonian: рамно́душен (ramnódušen), млак (mlak)
  • Norwegian: kald (no), behersket, reservert
  • Polish: chłodny (pl)
  • Portuguese: frio (pt)
  • Russian: прохла́дный (ru) (proxládnyj), холо́дный (ru) (xolódnyj), равноду́шный (ru) (ravnodúšnyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlak (sh), ravnodušan (sh)
  • Slovak: chladný, vlažný
  • Spanish: apacible (es)
  • Swedish: sval (sv), kylig (sv)

calmly audacious

  • Finnish: rohkea (fi)
  • Italian: intrepido (it), fantastico (it)
  • Macedonian: др́зок (dŕzok)
  • Navajo: sxih
  • Russian: де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij)
  • Serbo-Croatian: drzak (sh)

colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 冷靜冷静 (zh) (lěngjìng)
  • Danish: cool (da), koldblodig
  • Dutch: koelbloedig (nl), (ijzig) kalm, beheerst (nl), zelfzeker (nl)
  • Finnish: siisti (fi), upea (fi)
  • German: cool (de)
  • Hebrew: מגניב (he)
  • Italian: figo (it), disinvolto (it), sicuro di se, in gamba
  • Norwegian: rolig (no), behersket
  • Polish: kozak (pl) m, chwat (pl) m
  • Portuguese: fixe (pt) (Portugal), legal (pt) (Brazil), massa (pt) (Brazil)
  • Russian: круто́й (ru) (krutój)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Spanish: estupendo (es), genial (es)

colloquial: being considered as «popular» by others

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle
  • Bengali: জোস (bn) (jōś)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:  (zh) (),  (zh) (bàng)
  • Danish: cool (da)
  • Dutch: cool (nl)
  • Esperanto: mojosa (eo), laŭmoda
  • Faroese: kulur
  • Finnish: siisti (fi), makee
  • French: chouette (fr)
  • German: cool (de), geil (de)
  • Hungarian: menő (hu), király (hu)
  • Indonesian: keren (id)
  • Italian: ganzo (it)
  • Japanese: クール (ja) (kūru), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki), すごい (ja) (sugoi), モテる (moteru)
  • Korean: 멋있다 (ko) (meositda), 멋지다 (ko) (meotjida), 훌륭하다 (ko) (hullyunghada)
  • Norwegian: cool (no), populær (no)
  • Polish: fajny (pl)
  • Portuguese: bacana (pt), descolado (pt)
  • Russian: круто́й (ru) (krutój), клёвый (ru) (kljóvyj), кла́ссный (ru) (klássnyj), потря́сный (ru) (potrjásnyj), потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Spanish: genial (es), guay (es) (Spain), bacán (es), chévere (es) (Slang-Latin America)
  • Swedish: cool (sv), poppis (sv), häftig (sv) (literally «violent» or «forceful»), fet (sv) (literally «fat»), schysst (sv)
  • Thai: เจ๋ง (th) (jěng)

colloquial: in fashion

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle
  • Bengali: জোস (bn) (jōś)
  • Catalan: guai (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:  (zh) (),  (zh) (bàng), 厲害利害厉害 (zh) (lìhai)
  • Czech: skvělý (cs)
  • Dutch: cool, in (de mode), hip, blits (nl)
  • Esperanto: mojosa (eo)
  • Faroese: kulur
  • Finnish: cool (fi)
  • French: cool (fr) m or f
  • Georgian: მოდური (moduri), ძერსკი (ka) (ʒersḳi)
  • German: cool (de)
  • Hebrew: מגניב (he)
  • Hungarian: menő (hu)
  • Irish: cúl, cúileach, fionnuar
  • Italian: figo (it)
  • Japanese: クール (ja) (kūru), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki), すごい (ja) (sugoi)
  • Korean: 멋있다 (ko) (meositda), 쿨하다 (ko) (kulhada)
  • Norwegian: stilig, cool (no), kul (no)
  • Portuguese: descolado (pt), bacana (pt)
  • Russian: круто́й (ru) (krutój), клёвый (ru) (kljóvyj), кла́ссный (ru) (klássnyj), потря́сный (ru) (potrjásnyj), потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij), мо́дный (ru) (módnyj)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Spanish: guay (es)
  • Swedish: stilig (sv)
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can

colloquial: all right, acceptable

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest Wiggle
  • Catalan: guai (ca) m or f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 很棒 (hěn bàng), 沒事没事 (zh) (méishì), 不錯不错 (zh) (bùcuò)
  • Czech: v pořádku, ok (cs)
  • Danish: ok (da), fint
  • Dutch: aanvaardbaar (nl), acceptabel (nl), in orde (nl), okee, patabel
  • Esperanto: en ordo, enorde
  • Finnish: okei (fi), ookoo (fi)
  • French: cool (fr)
  • Georgian: მოსულა (mosula)
  • German: in Ordnung, ganz Recht, alles klar, akzeptabel (de)
  • Hebrew: סבבה (he) (sababa)
  • Indonesian: keren (id)
  • Italian: a posto, accettabile (it)
  • Macedonian: во ред (vo red), може (može)
  • Norwegian: grei (no), ok (no)
  • Polish: fajny (pl)
  • Portuguese: aceitável (pt)
  • Russian: в поря́дке (ru) (v porjádke), норма́льный (ru) (normálʹnyj), ничего́ (ru) (ničevó)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Slovak: v poriadku, okej
  • Spanish: bacán (Chile, Ecuador, Peru), bacano (Colombia), bárbaro (Argentina, Uruguay), bravazo (Peru), cachilupi (Chile), chévere (Caribbean Islands, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela), chido (Mexico), chilero (Guatemala), chilo (Northwestern Mexico), chiva (Costa Rica), chivo (El Salvador), choro (Chile), dabuten (Spain), fetén (Spain), fino (Venezuela), guay (Spain), lindo (Argentina), machete (Venezuela), mostro (Peru), nota (Venezuela), padre (Mexico), pavo (Venezuela), pura vida (Costa Rica), suave (Mexico), tuanis (Costa Rica), piola (es)
  • Swedish: ok (sv), schysst (sv), bra (sv), fin (sv)
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can

colloquial: not upset

  • Catalan: tranqui
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 平息 (zh) (píngxí)
  • Danish: rolig (da)
  • Dutch: kalm (nl), bedaard (nl), rustig (nl), beheerst (nl)
  • Finnish: tyyni (fi)
  • German: kühl (de), cool (de)
  • Hungarian: nem bánja, (not angry anymore) szent a béke
  • Italian: tranquillo (it), calmo (it), imperturbabile (it)
  • Macedonian: спо́коен (spókoen), нево́збуден (nevózbuden)
  • Norwegian: rolig (no), behersket
  • Portuguese: de boa (pt) (Brazil)
  • Russian: невозмути́мый (ru) (nevozmutímyj), споко́йный (ru) (spokójnyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh), hladan (sh)

Noun

cool (uncountable)

  1. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
    in the cool of the morning
  2. A calm temperament.
    Synonyms: calmness, composure
  3. The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
Translations

calm temperament

  • Bulgarian: хладнокръвие (bg) n (hladnokrǎvie)
  • Esperanto: memregado
  • Finnish: tyyneys (fi)
  • French: calme (fr) m, sang-froid (fr) m
  • Greek: ψυχραιμία (el) f (psychraimía)
  • Italian: posato (it), calmo (it)
  • Latvian: aukstasinība f
  • Russian: хладнокро́вие (ru) n (xladnokróvije)
  • Serbo-Croatian: hladnokrvnost (sh) f

Etymology 2

From Middle English colen, from Old English cōlian (to cool, grow cold, be cold), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlēn (to become cold), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (to freeze).

Cognate with Dutch koelen (to cool), German kühlen (to cool), Swedish kyla (to cool, refrigerate). Also partially from Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (to cool, be cold, become cold), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (to cool), altered to resemble the adjective cool. See keel.

Verb

cool (third-person singular simple present cools, present participle cooling, simple past and past participle cooled)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

      We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.

  5. (transitive) To kill.
    • 1965, «Sex Jungle» (narrated in Perversion for Profit)
      Maybe he would die. That would mean I had murdered him. I smiled, trying the idea on for size. One of the things that always had cheesed me a little was that I had no kills to my credit. I’d been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I’d never cooled anyone. Well maybe now I had my first one. I couldn’t feel very proud of skulling an old man, but at least I could say that I’d scored. That was a big kick.
Derived terms
  • cool down
  • cool it
  • cool off
  • cool one’s heels
  • cool one’s jets
  • coolant
  • cooler
  • cooling
  • cooling card
  • cooling center
  • keep one’s breath to cool one’s porridge
  • save one’s breath to cool one’s porridge
  • sodium-cooled
Translations

to make colder (literally)

  • Arabic: يُبَرِّد‎ m (yubarrid)
    Egyptian: يبرد‎ m (yebárrad)
  • Dutch: afkoelen (nl), bekoelen (nl), koelen (nl), verkoelen (nl), (mildy) verfrissen, (much) verkillen
  • Finnish: jäähdyttää (fi)
  • French: refroidir (fr), rafraichir (fr)
  • Greek:
    Ancient: ψύγω (psúgō)
  • Irish: fuaraigh
  • Maori: whakamātao
  • Norman: fraidgi
  • Polish: chłodzić / schłodzić
  • Quechua: chiriyachiy
  • Russian: остужа́ть (ru) impf (ostužátʹ), остуди́ть (ru) pf (ostudítʹ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuaraich
  • Slovak: ochladiť, chladiť
  • Turkish: serinletmek (tr), soğutmak (tr)
  • Welsh: oeri (cy)

to become less intense, e.g. less amicable

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 冷淡 (zh) (lěngdàn) (adjective, may be used as verb)
  • Dutch: afkoelen (nl), bekoelen (nl), verkoelen (nl), (much) verkillen
  • Finnish: viilentyä
  • German: abkühlen (de)
  • Norwegian: hardne
  • Russian: остыва́ть (ru) impf (ostyvátʹ), осты́ть (ru) pf (ostýtʹ), успока́иваться (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹsja), успоко́иться (ru) pf (uspokóitʹsja), охладева́ть (ru) impf (oxladevátʹ), охладе́ть (ru) pf (oxladétʹ)
  • Slovak: upokojiť sa, upokojovať sa
  • Swedish: svalna (sv)

to make less intense, e.g. less amicable

References

  • “cool”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • cool at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Colo, Colo., colo, colo-, loco

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cool. Doublet of koel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku(ː)l/
  • Hyphenation: cool
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Homophone: koel

Adjective

cool (comparative cooler, superlative coolst)

  1. cool, fashionable

Inflection

Inflection of cool
uninflected cool
inflected coole
comparative cooler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial cool cooler het coolst
het coolste
indefinite m./f. sing. coole coolere coolste
n. sing. cool cooler coolste
plural coole coolere coolste
definite coole coolere coolste
partitive cools coolers

French

Etymology

From English cool.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Homophones: coule, coules, coulent

Adjective

cool (invariable)

  1. cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)

    Les jeunes sont cool.

    Young people are cool.

    Les jeunes boivent de l’alcool pour être cool.

    Young people drink alcohol to be cool.

Interjection

cool

  1. cool! great!

Derived terms

  • cool, Raoul

Anagrams

  • looc

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English cool. Doublet of kühl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuːl]

Adjective

cool (strong nominative masculine singular cooler, comparative cooler, superlative am coolsten)

  1. (colloquial) cool (in its informal senses)
    Synonyms: brilliant, genial, geil

    Die Musik war echt cool.

    The music was very cool.
    • 1982, “Der Kommissar”, in Einzelhaft, performed by Falco:

      Wir treffen Jill und Joe und dessen Bruder Hip / Und auch den Rest der coolen Gang

      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (colloquial) cool, calm, easy-going
    Synonyms: lässig, ruhig

    Als Trainer muss mann ziemlich cool sein.

    As a trainer you have to be quite easy-going.

Declension

Comparative forms of cool

Superlative forms of cool

Further reading

  • “cool” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “cool” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “cool” in Duden online
  • “cool” in OpenThesaurus.de

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: cool

Adjective

cool (not comparable)

  1. (slang) cool (in its informal senses)
    Synonyms: świetny, wspaniały, znakomity

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • cool in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cool in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool.

Adjective

cool m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. cool

Declension

Declension of cool (invariable)

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative
indefinite cool cool cool cool
definite
genitive/
dative
indefinite cool cool cool cool
definite

Adverb

cool

  1. cool

Noun

cool n (uncountable)

  1. cool

declension of cool (singular only)

singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cool coolul
genitive/dative (unui) cool coolului
vocative coolule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkul/ [ˈkul]
  • Rhymes: -ul

Adjective

cool (plural cools or cool)

  1. cool (in its informal sense)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Anagrams

  • loco

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cool.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːl/

Adjective

cool (comparative coolare, superlative coolast)

  1. cool! great!

Declension

Inflection of cool
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular cool coolare coolast
Neuter singular coolt coolare coolast
Plural coola coolare coolast
Masculine plural3 coole coolare coolast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 coole coolare coolaste
All coola coolare coolaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːɫ/
  • Hyphenation: kul

Adjective

cool

  1. cool

Britannica Dictionary definition of COOL

[or more cool; most cool]

:

somewhat cold

:

not warm or hot

  • a cool breeze

  • The weather is cool today.

  • The surface is cool to the touch.

  • The plant grows best in cool climates.

  • I’m feeling a little cool.

  • a cool refreshing drink

  • It’s cooler [=less warm or hot] in the shade.

  • This is the coolest [=least warm or hot] summer on record.

:

made of a light, thin material that helps you stay cool

  • We changed into some cooler clothes.

[or more cool; most cool]

:

able to think and act in a calm way

:

not affected by strong feelings

  • It is important to keep a cool head in a crisis. = It is important to keep/stay cool in a crisis. [=it is important to remain calm in a crisis]

  • She remained calm, cool, and collected.

  • He is a cool customer. [=he is someone who remains calm and is not easily upset]

◊ If you are (as) cool as a cucumber, you are very calm and able to think clearly often in a difficult situation.

  • Even in the emergency, she remained as cool as a cucumber.

  • The reporter was cool as a cucumber despite the confusion all around her.

[or more cool; most cool]

:

not friendly

  • a cool reply

  • He replied with a cool “I don’t think so.”

  • She was always cool toward strangers.

  • We were surprised by the cool reception we got.

[or more cool; most cool]

informal

:

very fashionable, stylish, or appealing in a way that is generally approved of especially by young people

  • cool sunglasses

  • The car has a cool new look.

  • You look cool in those jeans.

  • a magazine article about the coolest places to live/work

often used to show approval in a general way

  • Your brother is so cool.

  • That was a really cool [=good, excellent] movie.

  • “I got a job as a lifeguard this summer.” “Cool.”

used to suggest acceptance, agreement, or understanding

  • “I’m sorry I’m late.” “It’s/That’s cool [=okay, all right]—don’t worry about it.”

  • “Is getting together Friday cool with you?” “Yeah, I’m cool with that.”

  • I thought she’d be mad, but she was cool about it.

of a color

:

suggesting cool things

  • Blue and green are cool colors, but red and orange are warm colors.

informal

used for emphasis in referring to a large amount of money

  • He’s worth a cool million.

— coolish

/ˈkuːlɪʃ/

adjective

  • a coolish day

  • coolish colors

  • He was a little coolish towards us.

  • “Is that so?” she asked coolly.

  • My idea was received coolly.

— coolness

noun

[noncount]

  • the coolness of the mountain air

  • I was surprised by his coolness towards us.

  • He always displays coolness under pressure.

Britannica Dictionary definition of COOL

[+ object]

:

to make (someone or something) cool

  • The fan cools the engine.

  • the cooling effect of the breeze

  • the car’s cooling system

often + off or down

  • A swim cooled us off/down a little.

  • The rain should help to cool things off/down.

[no object]

:

to become cool

:

to lose heat or warmth

  • Allow the cake to cool before slicing.

  • the cooling of the ocean waters

often + off or down

  • We went for a swim to cool off/down.

  • The weather has cooled off/down a little.

[no object]

:

to become less strong or intense especially in emotion

  • I took a break from the discussion to allow my anger to cool.

  • His interest in her has cooled somewhat.

often + off or down

  • You need to cool off/down before I talk to you.

  • Their relationship has cooled off/down a bit.

[+ object]

:

to make (an emotion) less strong or intense

  • He couldn’t cool [=calm] his anger.

often + off or down

  • You need to cool off/down your anger.

:

to stop being excited, angry, noisy, etc.

  • They were being too noisy, so he told them to cool it.

:

to wait for someone or something

:

to take a break from doing something or going someplace

  • Passengers had no choice but to cool their heels when their flight was delayed yet again.

Britannica Dictionary definition of COOL

keep your cool

informal

also chiefly US

maintain your cool

:

to remain calm

  • He kept/maintained his cool [=he didn’t get angry or upset] even though it was clear that he was being unfairly treated.

lose your cool

informal

also US

blow your cool

:

to suddenly become very angry

  • She rarely loses her cool. [=she controls her feelings well]

  • He lost his cool and yelled at me.

  • After listening patiently, he finally blew his cool.

the cool

:

a cool time or place

usually + of

  • It was good to be outdoors in the cool of the evening/night.

  • We relaxed in the cool of an air-conditioned room.

Britannica Dictionary definition of COOL

informal

:

in a calm manner

:

in a way that does not seem unusual or excited

  • Here comes Mom. Act cool and she won’t suspect a thing.

  • She didn’t want to seem too eager, so she tried to play it cool. [=to pretend to be calm even though she wasn’t feeling calm]

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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

cool /kul/USA pronunciation  
adj., -er, -est, adv., n., v. 
adj.

  1. somewhat cold;
    neither warm nor cold:a cool room.
  2. giving a feeling of coolness: a cool breeze.
  3. providing relief from heat:a cool dress; a cool drink.
  4. not excited;
    calm:cool in the face of disaster.
  5. not hasty;
    deliberate: a cool and calculated action.
  6. lacking in interest, friendliness, or enthusiasm:a cool reply to an invitation.
  7. Informal Terms[before a noun or number] Informal. not exaggerated;
    exactly so: demanding a cool million dollars to release the hostages.
  8. Slang TermsSlang.
    • great;
      excellent:What a cool play that was!
    • socially acceptable, right, or proper: It’s not cool to arrive at a party too early.

adv.

  1. Informal TermsInformal. in a cool manner;
    coolly: Play it cool.

n. [uncountable]

  1. a cool part, place, or time:in the cool of the evening.
  2. [often: one’s +~] calmness;
    composure;
    poise: Keep your cool and don’t get angry.

v.

  1. to (cause to) become cool: [no object]The cake cooled on the plate.[+ off]We cooled off with a quick swim.[+ object]The air conditioner cooled the room adequately.[+ object + off]The swim in the river cooled us off.[+ off + object]They cooled off the horse by pouring water on its back.
  2. to (cause to) become less excited, friendly, interested, or cordial: [no object]She cooled visibly when I invited her to my house.[+ object]Disappointment cooled whatever enthusiasm she might have had.

Idioms

  1. cool down:
    • to (cause to) become cooler: [no object]The feverish child just wouldn’t cool down.[+ object + down]They tried cold washcloths to cool her down.[+ down + object]to cool down the patients.
    • to (cause to) become less angry or excited;
      (cause to) become calm: [no object]She finally cooled down enough to talk about the fight.[+ object + down]I took him aside and cooled him down before he did anything crazy.

  2. Idioms, Slang Terms cool it, [no object] Slang. calm down:Cool it before you say something you’ll be sorry for.

cool•ly, adv. 
cool•ness, n. [uncountable]

    See calm.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

cool 
(ko̅o̅l),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, adv., n., v. 
adj.

  1. moderately cold;
    neither warm nor cold:a rather cool evening.
  2. feeling comfortably or moderately cold:I’m perfectly cool, but open the window if you feel hot.
  3. imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from heat:a cool breeze.
  4. permitting such a sensation:a cool dress.
  5. not excited;
    calm;
    composed;
    under control:to remain cool in the face of disaster.
  6. not hasty;
    deliberate:a cool and calculated action.
  7. lacking in interest or enthusiasm:a cool reply to an invitation.
  8. lacking in warmth or cordiality:a cool reception.
  9. calmly audacious or impudent:a cool lie.
  10. aloof or unresponsive;
    indifferent:He was cool to her passionate advances.
  11. unaffected by emotions;
    disinterested;
    dispassionate:She made a cool appraisal of all the issues in the dispute.
  12. Informal Terms(of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification:a cool million dollars.
  13. (of colors) with green, blue, or violet predominating.
  14. Slang Terms
    • great;
      fine;
      excellent:a real cool comic.
    • characterized by great facility;
      highly skilled or clever:cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.
    • socially adept:It’s not cool to arrive at a party too early.

adv.

  1. Informal Termscoolly.

n.

  1. something that is cool;
    a cool part, place, time, etc.:in the cool of the evening.
  2. coolness.
  3. calmness;
    composure;
    poise:an executive noted for maintaining her cool under pressure.
  4. Idioms blow one’s cool. See blow 2 (def. 34).

v.i.

  1. to become cool (sometimes fol. by down or off):The soup cooled in five minutes. We cooled off in the mountain stream.
  2. to become less ardent, cordial, etc.;
    become moderate.

v.t.

  1. to make cool;
    impart a sensation of coolness to.
  2. to lessen the ardor or intensity of;
    allay;
    calm;
    moderate:Disappointment cooled his early zealousness.
  3. Medicine cool down, to bring the body back to its normal physiological level after fast, vigorous exercise or activity by gradually slowing the pace of activity or by doing gentle exercises or stretches.
  4. cool it, [Slang.]calm down;
    take it easy.
  5. cool off, [Informal.]to become calmer or more reasonable:Wait until he cools off before you talk to him again.
  6. cool one’s heels. See heel 1 (def. 18).
  7. cool out, [Slang.]to calm or settle down;
    relax:cooling out at the beach.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English cole, Old English cōl; cognate with Middle Low German kōl, Old High German kuoli (German kuhl). See cold, chill

cooling•ly, adv. 
coolish, adj. 
coolly, adv. 
coolness, n. 

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See cold. 
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged collected, self-possessed, unruffled, placid, quiet. See calm. 
    • 7, 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distant, apathetic, reserved, remote, lukewarm.
    • 23.See corresponding entry in Unabridged temper, abate.


    • 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
    • 4, 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged warm.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

cool /kuːl/ adj

  1. moderately cold: a cool day
  2. comfortably free of heat: a cool room
  3. producing a pleasant feeling of coldness: a cool shirt
  4. able to conceal emotion; calm: a cool head
  5. lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc: a cool welcome
  6. calmly audacious or impudent
  7. informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual: a cool ten thousand
  8. (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold
  9. (of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed
  10. informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way
  11. informal excellent; marvellous

adv

  1. not standard in a cool manner; coolly

n

  1. coolness: the cool of the evening
  2. slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one’s cool)
  3. slang unruffled elegance or sophistication

vb

  1. usually followed by down or off: to make or become cooler
  2. usually followed by down or off: to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down
  3. cool it ⇒ (usually imperative) slang to calm down; take it easy
  4. cool one’s heelsto wait or be kept waiting

Etymology: Old English cōl; related to Old Norse kōlna, Old High German kuoli; see cold, chill

ˈcoolly adv ˈcoolness n

cool‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

…, but he was never cool.
…where it should cool/ cooling.
‘Cool’ and ‘Cold’
‘Well, for cool native impudence and pure innate pride, you haven’t your equal
101 [= ‘cool’, good]
a beacon of cool
A bottle of cool
a cap of cool breeze
A cool climate
a cool climate
a cool critical reception
a cool dita
a cool, crisp snap
A person who pretends to be cool
a pretty cool customer
a veteran <that><who>’s made a cool 1.4 mil
Act cool
Adjective order: a lovely, long, cool, refreshing drink … a refreshing, lovely, long, cool drink
After take a shower, I feel more cool.
air conditioning /cool/ or /heat/
All I had to do was <to> be halfway cool.
all the girls are cool
allow to cool / allow cooling
alt-cool
and be cool about it
as cool as a cucumber
Back-of-the-Classroom Cool
be cool about something
be cool about something
be way too / be way [cool]
more…

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Other forms: cooled; coolest; cools; coolingly

When the weather is cool, it’s not quite cold but not warm either. When people are cool, they’re mellow and in control.

Cool has many meanings. When the weather goes from 70 degrees to 50, it cooled off. A winning pool player who starts losing also cools off. Drinking lemonade on a hot day is yet another way to cool off. When you lose your temper, you lose your cool. Hot cookies should cool before you eat them. Something fashionable is cool, but if you’re cool to an idea, you’re not so sure about it. Any situation that becomes less intense has cooled.

Definitions of cool

  1. adjective

    neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

    “a
    cool autumn day”

    “a
    cool room”

    cool summer dresses”

    cool drinks”

    “a
    cool breeze”

    Synonyms:

    cold

    having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

    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

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    Antonyms:

    warm

    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

    hot

    used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

    lukewarm, tepid

    moderately warm

    warmed

    having been warmed up

    warming

    imparting heat

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  2. adjective

    (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets

    cool greens and blues and violets”

    Synonyms:

    cold

    (color) giving no sensation of warmth

  3. noun

    the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature

    “the
    cool of early morning”

  4. “The air
    cooled considerably after the thunderstorm”

    synonyms:

    chill, cool down

  5. “His enthusiasm
    cooled considerably”

    synonyms:

    cool down, cool off

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    type of:

    change

    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature

  6. adjective

    marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional

    “play it
    cool

    “keep
    cool

    synonyms:

    coolheaded, nerveless

    composed

    serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

  7. adjective

    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”

    Synonyms:

    fashionable, stylish

    being or in accordance with current social fashions

  8. noun

    great coolness and composure under strain

    “keep your
    cool

    synonyms:

    aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid

  9. adjective

    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”

    Synonyms:

    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

    unresponsive

    aloof or indifferent

  10. adjective

    (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification

    “a
    cool million bucks”

    Synonyms:

    unqualified

    not limited or restricted

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  • 1
    cool

    cool [ku:l]

    1) прохла́дный, све́жий; нежа́ркий;

    2) споко́йный, невозмути́мый; хладнокро́вный;

    to keep cool head сохраня́ть споко́йствие, хладнокро́вие; не теря́ть го́лову

    3) равноду́шный, безуча́стный; сухо́й, нела́сковый, неприве́тливый

    4) де́рзкий, беззасте́нчивый, наха́льный;

    6)

    разг.

    мо́дный, совреме́нный; отли́чный, первокла́ссный

    1) прохла́да

    2) хладнокро́вие

    3.

    v

    охлажда́ться; остыва́ть ( часто cool down, cool off)

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > cool

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    cool

    Персональный Сократ > cool

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    COOL

    COOL, coolant

    хладагент, охлаждающий агент

    English-Russian dictionary of program «Mir-Shuttle» > COOL

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    cool

    ku:l I
    1. прил.
    1) а) прохладный, свежий We were in the cool shadow of the mountain. ≈ Мы находились в прохладной тени гор. Syn: fresh б) легкий, нежаркий a cool dress ≈ легкое платье в) мед. жаропонижающий
    2) вызывающий ощущения, сходные с ощущением прохлады а) прохладный (о цветах, красках) cool green ≈ светлозеленый б) охот. слабый( о запахе, следе) Syn: faint, weak
    3) а) невозмутимый, хладнокровный;
    неторопливый, спокойный( о человеке и его действиях) while she wept, and I strove to be cool ≈ пока она плакала, а я старался сохранять спокойствие in cool blood ≈ хладнокровно Syn: imperturbable, unruffled, deliberate, calm, undisturbed, unexcited, dispassionate б) муз. спокойный, неторопливый (о стиле исполнения джаза) cool jazz в) невозмутимый, спокойный (о исполнителе джазовой музыки) cool cat амер.;
    разг. ≈ холодный джазист Syn: relaxed, unemotional
    4) равнодушный, апатичный;
    сухой, прохладный An honest hater is often a better fellow than a cool friend. ≈ Открытый враг часто лучше, чем равнодушный друг. I am rather upon cool terms with him. ≈ У меня с ним скорее прохладные отношения. Syn: indifferent, apathetic, lukewarm
    5) наглый, нахальный cool customer ≈ беззастенчивый человек He certainly knew that such a request was a trifle cool. ≈ Конечно он знал, что это несколько нахальное требование. Syn: shameless, impudent, audacious
    6) разг. целый, круглый (о большой сумме денег) ;
    классный, атасный, клевый He had lost a cool hundred, and would no longer play. ≈ Он проиграл целую сотню и перестал играть. Cool before drinking ≈ Клево, пока пить не начали (надпись на этикетке плохого спиртного напитка)
    2. сущ.
    1) прохлада, свежесть Syn: coolness
    2) хладнокровие, спокойствие, невозмутимость to keep one’s cool ≈ сохранять невозмутимость Syn: composure, equanimity
    3) амер;
    сл. перемирие, передышка (между группировками, шайками и т. п.) cool, an uneasy armistice between child-gangs ≈ cool — ненадежное перемирие между подростковыми шайками
    3. гл.
    1) а) охлаждаться, остывать( часто cool down, редко cool off) It cools with extreme slowness. ≈ Он охлаждается чрезвычайно медленно. б) перен. остынуть, успокоиться This eccentric friendship was fast cooling. ≈ Эта странная дружба быстро угасла.
    2) а) охлаждать A thunderstorm had cooled the atmosphere. ≈ Гроза принесла прохладу. б) охлаждать, утихомиривать, успокаивать( чувства) The restaurant hostess who cools out the impatient customer. ≈ Владелица ресторана, которая успокаивает нетерпеливого посетителя в) живоп. приглушать тона г) амер.;
    сл. убить II сущ.;
    коммер. бочонок масла (обыкн. 28 фунтов, но может содержать и другое количество)
    прохлада — the * of the evening вечерняя прохлада (разговорное) хладнокровие, невозмутимость — to keep one’s * сохранять невозмутимый вид;
    — to blow one’s * выйти из себя, взорваться;
    потерять самообладание холодность, неприветливость прохладный, свежий — * morning прохладное утро;
    — * wind свежий ветер;
    — to get * стать прохладным, остыть нежаркий — * dress легкое платье;
    — * greenhouse необогреваемая теплица;
    — * tankard прохладительный напиток спокойный, невозмутимый, хладнокровный — keep *! не горячись!, успокойся!;
    — he is always * in the face of danger он всегда спокоен перед лицом опасности;
    — he has a * head он хладнокровный человек;
    — in * blood хладнокровно сухой, неприветливый, равнодушный, холодный — his manner was very * держался он весьма холодно;
    — * greeting холодное приветствие дерзкий, нахальный — * behaviour наглое поведение холодный (эмоционально-усилительно) круглый — to lose a * thousand потерять целую тысячу;
    — to walk a * twenty miles further пройти на целых двадцать миль дальше( разговорное) мыслящий, рассудительный высказывающийся сжато или намеком;
    недоговаривающий (сленг) модный, современный отличный, первоклассный;
    «на уровне» — you look real * in that new dress это новое платье чертовски тебе идет подходящий;
    удовлетворительный — that’s * with me это меня устраивает;
    не возражаю (охота) слабый;
    остывший (музыкальное) (профессионализм) исполняемый в классических ритмах;
    спокойный — * jazz «холодный» джаз (профессионализм) нерадиоактивный;
    не зараженный радиоактивностью > * cat хороший парень;
    свойский малый;
    спокойный, уравновешенный человек;
    > * beggar нахал, наглец, беззастенчивый человек;
    > what * cheek! какое нахальство!;
    > as * as a cucumber совершенно невозмутимый, не терпящий хладнокровия (разговорное) спокойно, невозмутимо — to play it * действовать осмотрительно, не терять головы;
    to come on * казаться невозмутимым, сохранять самообладание студить, охлаждать — to * one’s tea остудить чай;
    — the rain has *ed air после дождя стало прохладно;
    — to * enthusiasm охладить энтузиазм охлаждаться, остывать — to let the horses * дать лощадям остыть;
    — she is quick to get angry and slow to * она вспыльчива и неотходчива;
    — his anger has *ed down его гнев остыл;
    — his affection has *ed его любовь остыла (американизм) (сленг) игнорировать;
    быть равнодушным;
    не интересоваться( американизм) (сленг) убить, ухлопать, укокошить, пришибить( специальное) поглощать тепло > to * it сохранять спокойствие, хладнокровие;
    не кипятиться;
    проявлять выдержку;
    держаться в стороне;
    не связываться;
    не ввязываться;
    прохлаждаться;
    валандаться;
    > to * it with the neighbour’s daughters болтать с соседскими дочерьми;
    > to * one’s heels зря или нетерпеливо дожидаться;
    > to * one’s coppers опохмеляться( коммерческое) бочонок масла
    cool дерзкий, беззастенчивый, нахальный;
    a cool hand( или customer) беззастенчивый человек;
    cool cheek нахальство ~ разг. круглый (о сумме) ;
    a cool thousand dollars кругленькая сумма в тысячу долларов;
    a cool twenty kilometres добрых двадцать километров ~ охлаждать(ся) ;
    остывать (часто cool down, cool off) ~ прохлада ~ прохладный, свежий;
    нежаркий;
    to get cool стать прохладным;
    остыть ~ равнодушный, безучастный;
    сухой, неласковый, неприветливый ~ спокойный, невозмутимый;
    хладнокровный;
    to keep cool (one’s head) сохранять спокойствие, хладнокровие;
    не терять голову ~ хладнокровие
    cool дерзкий, беззастенчивый, нахальный;
    a cool hand (или customer) беззастенчивый человек;
    cool cheek нахальство
    ~ down охлаждать
    cool дерзкий, беззастенчивый, нахальный;
    a cool hand (или customer) беззастенчивый человек;
    cool cheek нахальство
    ~ разг. круглый (о сумме) ;
    a cool thousand dollars кругленькая сумма в тысячу долларов;
    a cool twenty kilometres добрых двадцать километров
    ~ разг. круглый (о сумме) ;
    a cool thousand dollars кругленькая сумма в тысячу долларов;
    a cool twenty kilometres добрых двадцать километров
    ~ прохладный, свежий;
    нежаркий;
    to get cool стать прохладным;
    остыть
    ~ спокойный, невозмутимый;
    хладнокровный;
    to keep cool (one’s head) сохранять спокойствие, хладнокровие;
    не терять голову

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cool

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    cool

    I

    1. прохлада

    the cool of the evening [of the forest] — вечерняя [лесная] прохлада

    2.

    хладнокровие, невозмутимость

    to blow /to lose/ one’s cool — выйти из себя, взорваться; потерять самообладание

    3. холодность, неприветливость

    1. 1) прохладный, свежий

    cool morning [weather] — прохладное утро [-ая погода]

    to get cool — стать прохладным, остыть

    2) нежаркий

    2. спокойный, невозмутимый, хладнокровный

    keep cool! — не горячись!, успокойся!

    he is always cool in the face of danger — он всегда спокоен перед лицом опасности

    he has a cool head — он хладнокровный /спокойный/ человек

    3. сухой, неприветливый, равнодушный, холодный

    his manner was very cool — держался он весьма холодно /сухо/

    cool reception — холодный /прохладный/ приём

    cool greeting — холодное /сухое/ приветствие

    4. дерзкий, нахальный

    5. холодный ()

    to walk a cool twenty miles further — пройти на целых /добрых/ двадцать миль дальше

    1) мыслящий, рассудительный

    2) высказывающийся сжато намёком; недоговаривающий

    1) модный, современный

    2) отличный, первоклассный; ≅ «на уровне»

    you look real cool in that new dress — это новое платье чертовски тебе идёт

    3) подходящий; удовлетворительный

    that’s cool with me — это меня устраивает; (я) не возражаю

    9.

    слабый (); остывший ()

    10.

    проф. исполняемый в классических ритмах (); спокойный

    cool jazz — «холодный» джаз

    11.

    нерадиоактивный; не заражённый радиоактивностью

    cool cat — а) хороший парень; свойский малый; б) спокойный, уравновешенный человек

    cool beggar /hand, fish, customer/ — нахал, наглец, беззастенчивый человек

    what cool cheek! — какое нахальство!

    as cool as a cucumber — совершенно невозмутимый, не теряющий хладнокровия

    спокойно, невозмутимо

    to play it cool — действовать осмотрительно, не терять головы

    to come on cool — казаться невозмутимым, сохранять самообладание

    1. 1) студить, охлаждать

    the rain has cooled the air — после дождя стало прохладно /воздух стал прохладным/

    to cool enthusiasm [eagerness] — охладить энтузиазм [пыл]

    2) охлаждаться, остывать (

    cool down)

    2.

    сл. игнорировать (); быть равнодушным; не интересоваться

    3.

    сл. убить, ухлопать, укокошить, пришибить

    to cool it — а) сохранять спокойствие, хладнокровие; не кипятиться; проявлять выдержку; б) держаться в стороне (); не связываться; не ввязываться; в) прохлаждаться; валандаться

    II
    [ku:l]

    ком.

    НБАРС > cool

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    cool

    прохладно
    имя прилагательное:

    наречие:

    глагол:

    имя существительное:

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > cool

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    cool

    [ku:l]

    cool дерзкий, беззастенчивый, нахальный; a cool hand (или customer) беззастенчивый человек; cool cheek нахальство cool разг. круглый (о сумме); a cool thousand dollars кругленькая сумма в тысячу долларов; a cool twenty kilometres добрых двадцать километров cool охлаждать(ся); остывать (часто cool down, cool off) cool прохлада cool прохладный, свежий; нежаркий; to get cool стать прохладным; остыть cool равнодушный, безучастный; сухой, неласковый, неприветливый cool спокойный, невозмутимый; хладнокровный; to keep cool (one’s head) сохранять спокойствие, хладнокровие; не терять голову cool хладнокровие cool дерзкий, беззастенчивый, нахальный; a cool hand (или customer) беззастенчивый человек; cool cheek нахальство cool down охлаждать cool дерзкий, беззастенчивый, нахальный; a cool hand (или customer) беззастенчивый человек; cool cheek нахальство cool разг. круглый (о сумме); a cool thousand dollars кругленькая сумма в тысячу долларов; a cool twenty kilometres добрых двадцать километров cool разг. круглый (о сумме); a cool thousand dollars кругленькая сумма в тысячу долларов; a cool twenty kilometres добрых двадцать километров cool прохладный, свежий; нежаркий; to get cool стать прохладным; остыть cool спокойный, невозмутимый; хладнокровный; to keep cool (one’s head) сохранять спокойствие, хладнокровие; не терять голову

    English-Russian short dictionary > cool

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    cool

    [kuːl]
    1.

    прил.

    1) прохладный, свежий

    We were in the cool shadow of the mountain. — Мы находились в прохладной тени горы.

    Syn:

    2) лёгкий, нежаркий

    Syn:

    6) невозмутимый, хладнокровный; неторопливый, спокойный

    Syn:

    7)

    муз.

    спокойный, неторопливый ; невозмутимый, спокойный

    Syn:

    8) равнодушный, апатичный; сухой, прохладный

    An honest hater is often a better fellow than a cool friend. — Открытый враг часто лучше, чем равнодушный друг.

    I am rather upon cool terms with him. — У меня с ним, скорее, прохладные отношения.

    Syn:

    9) наглый, нахальный

    He certainly knew that such a request was a trifle cool. — Конечно, он знал, что это несколько нахальное требование.

    Syn:

    He had lost a cool hundred, and would no longer play. — Он проиграл целую сотню и больше не будет играть.

    11)

    разг.

    крутой, клёвый, классный

    cool girl — клёвая, классная девчонка

    Dad gave me a really cool bike for my birthday. — Отец подарил мне на день рожденья по-настоящему крутой велосипед.

    2.

    сущ.

    1) прохлада, свежесть

    Syn:

    2)

    разг.

    хладнокровие, спокойствие, невозмутимость

    He doesn’t have the cool to be an anchorman. — Ему не хватает самообладания, чтобы быть ведущим передачи.

    Syn:

    3)

    ;

    разг.

    перемирие, передышка

    cool, an uneasy armistice between child-gangs — затишье, ненадёжное перемирие между подростковыми бандами

    Syn:

    3.

    гл.

    Cool before drinking. — Охладить перед употреблением.

    A thunderstorm had cooled the atmosphere. — Гроза принесла прохладу.

    2) охлаждаться, остывать

    It cools with extreme slowness. — Он охлаждается чрезвычайно медленно.

    We had to stop at the top of the hill and wait for the engine to cool down. — Нам пришлось остановиться на вершине холма и дать двигателю остыть.

    3) остынуть, охладеть

    This eccentric friendship was fast cooling. — Эта странная дружба быстро угасала.

    He used to say he loved me, but recently he seems to have cooled down. — Он говорил, что любит меня, но теперь он, кажется, поостыл.

    4) охлаждать, утихомиривать, успокаивать

    I tried to cool her off but she was still very angry when she left. — Я попытался успокоить её, но она всё ещё сердилась, когда уходила.

    A small payment now will cool his anger down. — Небольшая выплата должна его успокоить.

    The restaurant hostess cools out the impatient customer. — Владелица ресторана успокаивает нетерпеливого посетителя.

    5) остывать, успокаиваться

    Don’t try to argue with your father till he’s cooled down. — Не спорь с отцом, пока он не остыл.

    She didn’t cool off for hours after that argument. — После этого спора она несколько часов не могла успокоиться.

    7)

    ;

    сниж.

    ухлопать, пришибить, прикончить, замочить

    8)

    ;

    сниж.

    сдохнуть, помереть, отбросить коньки

    4.

    ;

    разг.

    невозмутимо, спокойно

    Англо-русский современный словарь > cool

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    cool

    1. I

    the drinks cooled напитки и т. д. остыли; put the wine in the refrigerator to cool поставьте вино в холодильник, чтобы его охладить; I am letting my tea cool я жду, пока остынет чай и т. д.

    2. II

    1) cool in some manner cool quickly /rapidly/ быстро и т. д. охлаждаться /остывать/

    2) cool in some manner his wrath cools quickly его гнев и т. д. быстро и т. д. остывает; his interest in flying soon cooled он скоро потерял интерес к полетам; cool at some time when passions cooled когда улеглись страсти; her enthusiasm will soon cool ее энтузиазма хватит ненадолго Ill cool smth.

    1)

    cool beer охлаждать пиво и т. д.; cool the room освежать /проветривать/ комнату; the rain has cooled the air после дождя стало прохладнее

    2)

    cool smb.’s anger охладить чей-л. гнев, успокоить кого-л.; cool smb.’s eagerness охладить чей-л. пыл

    3. IV

    cool smth. in some manner cool smth. quickly охлаждать что-л. быстро и т. д.; blow on it, that will cool it quicker подуйте, быстрее остынет

    4. XVI

    cool in /on/ smth., cool in the wind остывать /охлаждаться/ на ветру и т. д.

    5. XXI1

    1) cool smth. with smth., cool the wine with ice поставить вино на лед; cool one’s burning cheeks with cold water охладить пылающие щеки холодной водой; cool one’s forehead with an ice-pack положить на лоб пузырь со льдом [.чтобы снизить жар]

    2) cool smth. for smb. cool one’s love for smb. умерить любовь и т. д. к кому-л.; that will cool your affection for her это охладит ваши чувства к ней

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > cool

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    cool

    [kuːl]

    adj

    1) прохладный, свежий

    It was cool for May. — Для мая было прохладно.

    It is too cool to day for sleeping out of doors. — Сегодня слишком прохладно, чтобы спать на улице.

    cool evening


    — cool weather
    — cool air
    — cool for smth
    — too cool for smth
    — cool enough for smth
    — cool to the touch
    — in the cool shade of the trees
    — pleasantly cool
    — get cool
    — keep smth cool

    2) холодный, равнодушный

    He was always cool in the face of danger. — Он сохранял спокойствие перед лицом опасности.

    He was always cool with his friends. — Он всегда был сух с друзьями.

    He was cool in answering their questions. — Он хладнокровно отвечал на их вопросы.

    cool greeting


    — cool reception
    — cool customer
    — be cool in smth

    3) хороший, милый, приятный, нравящийся


    — how cool!

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > cool

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    cool

    I

    infml

    Girls from nine to twelve have not yet developed any cool about themselves — Девочки в возрасте от девяти до двенадцати лет еще не выработали в себе способность смотреть на мир искушенным взглядом

    She wears her cool like a perfume without a single expression to disturb her aristocratic unconcern — Для нее невозмутимо искушенный вид так же привычен, как духи, и ни одно движение мускула не нарушит бесстрастное выражение ее аристократического лица

    II

    AmE sl

    III

    AmE sl

    His girlfriend has been cooling him of late. She had always cooled him in fact — Его девушка в последнее время держит его на расстоянии. Она, в принципе, всегда была с ним не очень

    IV

    adj

    Baby, you’re looking real cool in this dress — Ты выглядишь клево в этом платье, дорогая

    That was real cool, wasn’t it? — Было клево, не правда ли?

    «I’d like to stretch out and sleep» «That’s cool» — «Я хотела бы растянуться и поспать» — «Ну что ж, давай»

    The new dictionary of modern spoken language > cool

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    cool

    1. n прохлада

    2. n разг. хладнокровие, невозмутимость

    3. n холодность, неприветливость

    4. a прохладный, свежий

    5. a нежаркий

    6. a спокойный, невозмутимый, хладнокровный

    7. a сухой, неприветливый, равнодушный, холодный

    8. a дерзкий, нахальный

    9. a холодный

    10. a эмоц. -усил. круглый

    11. a разг. мыслящий, рассудительный

    a cool head — трезвый ум, рассудительный человек

    12. a разг. высказывающийся сжато или намёком; недоговаривающий

    13. a сл. модный, современный

    14. a сл. отличный, первоклассный

    15. a сл. подходящий; удовлетворительный

    16. a сл. охот. слабый; остывший

    исполняемый в классических ритмах ; спокойный

    17. a сл. проф. нерадиоактивный; не заражённый радиоактивностью

    cool beggar — нахал, наглец, беззастенчивый человек

    18. adv разг. спокойно, невозмутимо

    to play it cool — действовать осмотрительно, не терять головы

    19. v студить, охлаждать

    20. v охлаждаться, остывать

    21. v амер. сл. игнорировать; быть равнодушным; не интересоваться

    22. v амер. сл. убить, ухлопать, укокошить, пришибить

    23. v спец. поглощать тепло

    24. n ком. бочонок масла

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. annoyed (adj.) annoyed; disapproving; offended

    2. apathetic (adj.) apathetic; half hearted; indifferent; lukewarm; superior; unconcerned; unexcited

    3. bracing (adj.) bracing; crisp; fresh

    4. calm (adj.) calm; collected; composed; cool-headed; deliberate; detached; disimpassioned; even; even-tempered; imperturbable; nonchalant; serene; sober; stoical; unflappable; unruffled

    5. cold (adj.) arctic; chill; chilling; chillsome; chilly; cold; freezing; frore; gelid; glacial; icy; nippy; shivery

    6. cold-blooded (adj.) cold-blooded; dead; frigid; repellant

    7. discourteous (adj.) audacious; discourteous; impertinent; impudent; insolent; shameless

    8. good (adj.) good; groovy; keen; neat

    9. unsociable (adj.) aloof; distant; frosty; insociable; offish; remote; reserved; reticent; shut-in; solitary; standoff; standoffish; stand-offish; touch-me-not-ish; unapproachable; unbending; uncommunicative; uncompanionable; undemonstrative; unsociable; withdrawn

    10. calm (verb) abate; allay; assuage; calm; dampen; quiet; temper

    11. chill (verb) chill; freeze; lessen; moderate; reduce; refrigerate

    12. compose (verb) collect; compose; contain; control; re-collect; rein; repress; restrain; simmer down; smother; suppress

    13. murder (verb) assassinate; do in; execute; finish; knock off; liquidate; murder; put away; rub out; scrag; slay

    Антонимический ряд:

    friendly; heat; hot; hysterical; kind; lukewarm; melt; sultry; tepid; thaw; warm

    English-Russian base dictionary > cool

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    cool

    The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > cool

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    cool it

    The battle continued despite «cool it» plea to soccer fans — Драка между болельщиками продолжалась, несмотря на призыв остановиться

    We’ve been asked to cool it when we buy sugar, eat less, drink less — Нас просят покупать поменьше сахара, меньше есть, меньше пить

    The new dictionary of modern spoken language > cool it

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    cool

    1) прохладный, свежий; нежаркий; to get cool стать прохладным; остыть

    2) спокойный, невозмутимый; хладнокровный; to keep cool (one’s head) сохранять спокойствие, хладнокровие; не терять голову

    3) равнодушный, безучастный; сухой, неласковый, неприветливый

    4) дерзкий, беззастенчивый, нахальный; а cool hand (или customer) беззастенчивый человек; cool cheek нахальство

    5)

    collocation

    круглый (о сумме); а cool thousand dollars кругленькая сумма в тысячу долларов; а cool twenty kilometres добрых двадцать километров

    Syn:

    cold

    1) прохлада

    2) хладнокровие

    охлаждать(ся); остывать (часто cool down, cool off)

    * * *

    1 (a) прохладный

    2 (v) охлаждать

    * * *

    1) прохладный, свежий 2) хладнокровный

    * * *

    [ kuːl]
    прохлада, хладнокровие
    студить, остужать, выстуживать, настудить, холодить, охлаждать, охлаждаться, остывать
    прохладный, свежий; спокойный, невозмутимый, хладнокровный; сухой, неприветливый; равнодушный, безучастный; неласковый; дерзкий, нахальный, беззастенчивый; круглый; классный (сл.)

    * * *

    охладить

    охлаждать

    прохладен

    прохладительный

    прохладный

    холодный

    * * *

    I
    1. сущ.
    1) прохлада
    2) хладнокровие
    3) амер; сленг перемирие, передышка
    2. прил.
    1) а) прохладный
    б) легкий
    в) мед. жаропонижающий
    2) а) прохладный (о цветах, красках)
    б) охот. слабый (о запахе, следе)
    3) а) невозмутимый, хладнокровный; неторопливый, спокойный (о человеке и его действиях)
    б) муз. спокойный, неторопливый (о стиле исполнения джаза)
    в) невозмутимый, спокойный
    4) равнодушный
    3. гл.
    1) а) охлаждаться, остывать
    б) перен. остынуть
    2) а) охлаждать
    б) охлаждать, утихомиривать, успокаивать (чувства)
    в) живоп. приглушать тона
    г) амер.; сленг убить
    4. нареч.; разг.
    невозмутимо
    II
    сущ.; коммер.
    бочонок масла

    Новый англо-русский словарь > cool

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    cool

    [ku:l]

    1) прохлада, свежесть

    2) спокойствие, хладнокровие

    to keep/ lose cool — сохранять/терять невозмутимость, самообладание

    1) прохладный, свежий, спокойный

    2) хладнокровный, невозмутимый

    3) наглый, беззастенчивый

    4) разг. целый, круглый, по крайней мере

    5) амер., разг. крутой, потрясающий, отличный, классный

    охлаждать(ся), освежать

    2000 самых употребительных английских слов > cool

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    cool

    охлаждать; прохладный; прохлада

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > cool

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    cool

    Англо-русский словарь по машиностроению > cool

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    cool

    1) охлаждать

    2) выстудить
    3) выстужать
    4) выстуживать
    5) выстыть
    6) расхолаживать
    7) стынуть
    8) хладнокровый
    9) остывать
    10) охлаждаться
    11) холодный
    – cool down
    – cool flame
    – forced cool

    Англо-русский технический словарь > cool

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    COOL

    отлично, круто.

    Cool down (out, off) — остынь, сбавь обороты, поубавь пыл.

    Cooler — тюрьма (как место, где успокаиваются). Вспоминается наше, уже архаичное: «посадить в холодную».

    American slang. English-Russian dictionary > COOL

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What do we mean by cool?

Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold. adjective

Giving or suggesting relief from heat. adjective

Marked by calm self-control. adjective

Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive. adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness. adjective

Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments. adjective

Excellent; first-rate. adjective

Acceptable; satisfactory. adjective

Entire; full. adjective

In a casual manner; nonchalantly. adverb

To make less warm. intransitive verb

To make less ardent, intense, or zealous. intransitive verb

To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object). intransitive verb

To become less warm. intransitive verb

To become calmer. intransitive verb

A cool place, part, or time. noun

The state or quality of being cool. noun

Composure; poise. noun

(cool it) To calm down; relax. idiom

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.

When you have nothing else to reply and you don’t really give a crap about what the person is saying. Urban Dictionary

The best way to say something is neat-o, awesome, or swell. The phrase «cool» is very relaxed, never goes out of style, and people will never laugh at you for using it, very conveniant for people like me who don’t care about what’s «in.» Urban Dictionary

1. awesome
2. popular; like in a social hierarchy
3. used when a conversation goes silent
4. nice
5. wicked (new england stlye, NOT evil= wicked)
6. good or great
7. not warm, but not cold
8. okay with each other, not mean to each other, but not necessarily nice, just not mean Urban Dictionary

A word to use when you don’t know what else to say, or when you are not that interested in the conversation. Sometimes, it can be used when you do not have any knowledge of the subject, yet you want to act as if you know-it-all. Urban Dictionary

American now global slang, 1950s-present
adj.
1) superior, desirable, worthy of approval
2) in or beyond the current style; in harmony with an ineffable sophistication
3) graceful despite pressure
4) relaxed, calm, low-key, mellow
5) agreeable
6) trustworthy; not a narc
7) under self-control, despite appearances
8) reconciled
9) above and beyond a situation
10) characterized by strange masteries and hidden resources
verb.
1) ~ it. Stop overreacting.
2) ~ him. Subtly check one’s luck or progress. Urban Dictionary

The way typical white person decribes everything Urban Dictionary

Laid back, relaxed, not freaked out, knows what’s goin on.
has come to mean anything popular Urban Dictionary

An adjective referring to something that is very good, stylish, or otherwise positive. It is among the most common slang terms used in today’s world. Urban Dictionary

Cool is a word like no other. It describes something that is good in a way that no other word can. It will never go out of fashion because it is such a broad statement. Even though it is similar to words like awesome, good, great, etc nothing can really replace it. Urban Dictionary

-When someone is «cool» they are popular, suave, and you like them.
-something neat and pleasing.
-«That’s good, and interesting.» You say that version of cool when you’re not really listening. Urban Dictionary

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