what does cool mean?
COOL as NOUN
- Meaning
- great coolness and composure under strain
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Hypernyms(s) cool is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the quality of being cool
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- the cool of early morning
Hypernyms(s) cool is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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COOL as VERB
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- The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
Hypernyms(s) cool is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- His enthusiasm cooled considerably
Hypernyms(s) cool is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) cool is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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COOL as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances)
- unemotional
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- play it cool
- keep cool
- stayed coolheaded in the crisis
- the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
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- fashionable and attractive at the time
- often skilled or socially adept
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- 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
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- used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification
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- neither warm or very cold
- giving relief from heat
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- a cool autumn day
- a cool room
- cool summer dresses
- cool drinks
- a cool breeze
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- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic
- unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
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- relations were cool and polite
- a cool reception
- cool to the idea of higher taxes
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- (color) inducing the impression of coolness
- used especially of greens and blues and violets
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- cool greens and blues and violets
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