cool

cool1 [ kul ] adjective ***

▸ 1 cold (but pleasant)

▸ 2 fashionable/good

▸ 3 calm and relaxed

▸ 4 not friendly

▸ 5 large amount of money

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) rather cold, often in a pleasant way:

Tomorrow it will be cloudy and cool everywhere.

The night air was still and beautifully cool.

The water was wonderfully cool and refreshing.

Store the wine in a cool dry place.

a ) food that is cool is no longer hot:

When the cookies are cool, brush them with melted chocolate.

b ) cool clothes prevent you from feeling too hot:

He put on a cool cotton shirt and a pair of shorts.

c ) cool colors, such as white and blue, give an idea of cold instead of heat:

The place was painted in a cool glossy white.

2. ) INFORMAL impressive because of being fashionable or attractive:

one of America's coolest young designers

It's not considered cool to wear a helmet.

a ) used for emphasizing how good someone or something is:

I met this really cool girl last night.

Cara's taking a really cool art class at the community college.

b ) SPOKEN used for agreeing to something or saying that something would be convenient:

We could go to a movie. Cool.

Any time after five would be cool.

3. ) calm and relaxed:

a cool and calm atmosphere

her cool handling of the situation

4. ) not friendly or enthusiastic:

The senator got a cool reception.

a cool ruthless manner

cool to: The Bush administration officials have been cool to the idea.

5. ) only before noun INFORMAL used with an amount of money for emphasizing how large it is:

He ended up with a cool $50,000.

play it cool INFORMAL

to behave calmly and not show your emotions, so that people do not know what you are thinking or feeling:

He decided to play it cool and not say anything about what he had seen.

╾ cool|ness noun uncount:

We sat and enjoyed the coolness of the shade.

There was a definite coolness between the two men.

=> COOL HEAD, COOLLY, CUCUMBER

cool

cool 2 [ kul ] verb **

1. ) cool or cool down intransitive or transitive to become cooler, or make something cooler:

Allow the cake to cool completely.

We opened the windows to cool the room.

2. ) intransitive if a feeling such as love or anger cools, it becomes less strong:

Later, when tempers had cooled, they sat down and talked.

Her enthusiasm quickly cooled.

cool your heels INFORMAL

to have to wait for something, especially when this is annoying and boring

cool it SPOKEN

used for telling someone to become less angry or excited:

Cool it, Steve, and tell me what the problem is.

,cool `down phrasal verb intransitive or transitive

1. ) same as COOL 2 1:

We had to wait until the engine had cooled down before restarting the car.

The rain had cooled everything down.

2. ) INFORMAL to become, or cause someone to become, less angry or excited:

Just try to cool down and think rationally.

,cool `off phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive to become calm again:

Let him cool off, you can talk about it later.

I'm really busy, but when things cool off I'll come and see you.

2. ) intransitive to become cooler after being very hot:

We went for a swim to cool ourselves off.

3. ) intransitive if sales, prices, etc. cool off, they decrease

cool

cool 3 [ kul ] noun

1. ) the cool the pleasant cool temperature of a place or time:

We went for a walk in the cool of the evening.

2. ) uncount the quality of being extremely fashionable: SOPHISTICATION:

She was the embodiment of cool.

keep your cool

to remain calm in a difficult situation

lose your cool

to become angry or excited in a difficult situation