COOL DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cool down mean? 

• COOL DOWN (verb)
  The verb COOL DOWN has 3 senses:

1. make cool or cooler

2. lose intensity

3. loose heat

  Familiarity information: COOL DOWN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOL DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make cool or cooler

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

chill; cool; cool down

Context example:

Chill the food

Hypernyms (to "cool down" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

chill; cool; cool down (loose heat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cool down"):

quench (cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid)

ice (put ice on or put on ice)

refrigerate (cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They cool down the water

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lose intensity

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

cool; cool down; cool off

Context example:

His enthusiasm cooled considerably

Hypernyms (to "cool down" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Loose heat

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

chill; cool; cool down

Context example:

The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm

Hypernyms (to "cool down" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The water cool downs

 Context examples 

We can sweat to cool down or shiver to generate heat.

(Brain cells that cool the body, NIH)

Anyone who has tried to cool down on a hot night by opening the window will no doubt be familiar with how ineffective this is when there is no wind.

(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)

Biopolymers and elastomers doped with ferromagnetic CrO2 will heat up when exposed to laser or sunlight, temporarily losing their magnetic properties until they cool down again.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)