English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Cool

Cool (superl.)

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

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.

Cool (superl.)

Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

Cool (superl.)

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

Cool (superl.)

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

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.

Cool (n.)

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.

Cool (v. t.)

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

Cool (v. t.)

To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

Cool (v. i.)

To become less hot; to lose heat.

Cool (v. i.)

To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.