Cool

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To become less hot; to lose heat.

II. Cool ·superl Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

III. Cool ·vi To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

IV. Cool ·vt To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

V. Cool ·superl Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

VI. Cool ·superl Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

VII. Cool ·superl Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

VIII. Cool ·vt To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to Calm; to Moderate.

IX. Cool ·noun A moderate state of cold; coolness;

— said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

X. Cool ·superl Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

XI. Cool ·superl Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

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