Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cool"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cool \Cool\, a. [Compar. {Cooler}; superl. {Coolest}.] [AS.
c[=o]l; akin to D. koel, G. k["u]hl, OHG. chouli, Dan.
k["o]lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel.
kala. See {Cold}, and cf. {Chill}.]
1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth;
producing or promoting coolness.

Fanned with cool winds. --Milton.

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

For a patriot, too cool. --Goldsmith.

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

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

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

Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
--Hawthorne.

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

He had lost a cool hundred. --Fielding.

Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
--Dickens.

Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed;
repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cool \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cool \Cool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Cooling}.]
1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as,
ice cools water.

Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger
in water, and cool my tongue. --Luke xvi.
24.

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

We have reason to cool our raging motions, our
carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. --Shak.

{To cool the heels}, to dance attendance; to wait, as for
admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cool \Cool\, v. i.
1. To become less hot; to lose heat.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, the
whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. --Shak.

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

I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I
should cool. --Congreve.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cool
adj 1: neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool
autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses";
"cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" [ant: {warm}]
2: marked by calm self-control (especially in trying
circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool";
"stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless
winner in the history of the tournament" [syn: {coolheaded},
{nerveless}]
3: (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially
of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues
and violets" [ant: {warm}]
4: psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or
unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and
polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher
taxes" [ant: {warm}]
5: (informal; of a number or sum) without exaggeration or
qualification; "a cool million bucks"
6: (informal) fashionable and attractive at the time; often
skilled or socially adept; "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"
n 1: the quality of being cool: "the cool of early morning"
2: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
[syn: {aplomb}, {assuredness}, {poise}, {sang-froid}, {self-possession}]
v 1: make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" [syn: {chill}, {cool
down}] [ant: {heat}]
2: loose heat; The air cooled considerably after the
thunderstorm" [syn: {chill}, {cool down}] [ant: {heat}]
3: lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" [syn: {cool
off}, {cool down}]


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