cool down third-person singular simple present cools down present participle cooling down simple past and past participle cooled down
( intransitive ) To become cooler ; to be reduced in temperature .
Synonym: cool off Antonyms: warm up hot up Coordinate term: warm down You can drink the coffee when it's cooled down .
To become less agitated or excited .
Synonym: calm down I'd love to go to Israel, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down .
To decrease in degree or intensity .
2022 May 17, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Retail sales rise for the fourth straight month as prices keep climbing.”, in The New York Times [1] The increase in spending in the United States last month follows a revised 1.4 percent month-over-month gain in March, when prices for gasoline soared amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Gas prices cooled down slightly in April but were still at elevated levels, while oil prices remain volatile.
( transitive ) To cause (something) to become cooler ; to reduce the temperature of.
We had to cool down the equipment with water before using it.
To cause (someone) to become less agitated or excited .
Synonym: calm down 1984 April 21, J. F. Peoples, “Personal Advertisement”, in Gay Community News , page 19 :I'm oversexed. Write me and see if you can cool me down .
Dave was kicking and screaming, so I had to cool him down with some mellow music.
to become cooler (temperature)
Azerbaijani: sərinləmək sərinləşmək soyumaq
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷卻 ／ 冷却 (zh) ( lěngquè )
Czech: vychladnout pf chladnout (cs) impf
Dutch: afkoelen (nl) , koelen (nl) , bekoelen (nl) , ( mildly ) verfrissen (nl) , ( much ) verkillen (nl)
Finnish: jäähtyä (fi)
French: se refroidir (fr)
Galician: arrefecer (gl) , refrescar (gl) , arrefriar (gl)
German: sich abkühlen (de) , abkühlen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: καταψύχω ( katapsúkhō )
Hungarian: lehűl (hu) , kihűl (hu)
Ingrian: jäähtyä
Irish: fuaraigh
Japanese: 冷める (ja) ( さめる, sameru ) , 冷える (ja) ( ひえる, hieru )
Kyrgyz: муздоо ( muzdoo )
Latin: algēscō
Mari:
Eastern Mari: юалгаш ( jualgaš )
Norwegian: kjøle
Ottoman Turkish: صوغوقلامق ( soğuklamak )
Polish: stygnąć ostygnąć (pl) , studzić się ostudzić się chłodzić się (pl) / ochłodzić się
Portuguese: esfriar (pt) , arrefecer (pt)
Romanian: se răcori (ro)
Russian: остыва́ть (ru) impf ( ostyvátʹ ) , осты́ть (ru) pf ( ostýtʹ ) , охлажда́ться (ru) impf ( oxlaždátʹsja ) , охлади́ться (ru) pf ( oxladítʹsja )
Scottish Gaelic: fuaraich
Slovak: ochladnúť chladnúť
Spanish: enfriarse (es)
Swedish: svalna (sv)
Turkish: serinlemek (tr) , serinleşmek (tr) , soğumak (tr)
Ukrainian: холо́нути impf ( xolónuty ) , охоло́нути pf ( oxolónuty ) , охоло́джуватися impf ( oxolódžuvatysja ) , охолоди́тися pf ( oxolodýtysja ) , остига́ти impf ( ostyháty ) , ости́гнути pf ( ostýhnuty ) , ости́гти pf ( ostýhty )
Welsh: oeri (cy)
to make something cooler
Catalan: refredar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 冷卻 ／ 冷却 ( laang5 koek3 )
Mandarin: 冷卻 ／ 冷却 (zh) ( lěngquè )
Finnish: jäähdyttää (fi)
French: refroidir (fr)
Galician: arrefriar (gl) , arrefecer (gl)
German: abkühlen (de)
Guaraní: mbopiro'y
Hungarian: lehűt (hu) , kihűt (hu)
Ingrian: jäähyttää
Japanese: 冷ます (ja) ( さます, samasu ) , 冷やす (ja) ( ひやす, hiyasu )
Kyrgyz: муздатуу ( muzdatuu )
Maori: whakapongi
Polish: studzić impf ostudzić pf chłodzić (pl) impf ochłodzić pf
Portuguese: arrefecer (pt)
Romanian: răci (ro) , răcori (ro)
Russian: остужа́ть (ru) impf ( ostužátʹ ) , остуди́ть (ru) pf ( ostudítʹ ) , охлажда́ть (ru) impf ( oxlaždátʹ ) , охлади́ть (ru) pf ( oxladítʹ )
Slovak: chladiť ochladiť schladiť
Swedish: kyla ner (sv)
Ukrainian: охоло́джувати impf ( oxolódžuvaty ) , охолоди́ти pf ( oxolodýty )
Welsh: oeri (cy)