COOL OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cool off mean? 

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

1. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

2. lose intensity

3. feel less enamoured of something or somebody

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOL OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

calm; calm down; chill out; cool it; cool off; settle down; simmer down

Context example:

It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.

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

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

Sentence frames:

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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 off" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frame:

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Sense 3

Meaning:

Feel less enamoured of something or somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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

experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

As temperatures rise, desert birds need more water to cool off.

(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)

The air above has to cool off, radiating its heat to space, before its density is greater than that of the hot, wet air below.

(Study Explains Saturn's Epic Tantrums, NASA)