Cool Cooled Kuːl I Wait Verb Bre Glass

• glass contracts as it cools.
• melt the chocolate and allow it to cool slightly.
• the cylinder is cooled by a jet of water.
• the evening breeze cooled her face.

cool

1. to become or to make somebody/something become cool or cooler
• Glass contracts as it cools.
• Melt the chocolate and allow it to cool slightly.
• The cylinder is cooled by a jet of water.
• The evening breeze cooled her face.
2. to become calmer, less excited or less enthusiastic
• I think we should wait until tempers have cooled.
• Relations between them have definitely cooled (= they are not as friendly with each other as they were).
3. to have to wait for somebody/something
4. used to tell somebody to be calmer and less excited or angry
• Hey! Cool it! Don’t get so excited!

Extra Examples

• Allow the cake to cool thoroughly before removing it from the tin.
• Dry soil cools rapidly when air temperatures fall.
• He went for a swim to cool off.
• He’s cooled down somewhat since this morning,
• Her enthusiasm for the idea had cooled considerably.
• Her tea was slowly cooling in front of her.
• His temper had cooled slightly by this time.
• An electric fan is designed to cool the engine.
• I think you should wait until she’s cooled down a little.
• Let things cool off for a while.
• Relations between them have definitely cooled.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they cool
• he / she / it cools
• past simple cooled
• past participle cooled
• -ing form cooling

Word Origin

• Old English cōl (noun), cōlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koel, also to cold.