English Explanatory Dictionary

cool off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
  2. To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.
  3. To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on].
  4. To be imprisoned.
  5. To kill (someone).
  6. To wait for a furor to die down; to hide during a police manhunt.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cool off.wav

Word forms

cool off cools off cooling off cooled off

Derived words

cooling-off day cooling-off period

Translations

Czech: zchladit Dutch: afkoelen Finnish: jäähtyä German: abkühlen Hebrew: הִצְטַנֵּן Hungarian: lelohad Hungarian: lehűl Māori: whakapongi Polish: stygnąć Russian: остыва́ть Russian: осты́ть Russian: охлажда́ться Russian: охлади́ться Slovak: vychladnúť Slovak: chladnúť Slovak: upokojiť sa Slovak: upokojovať sa Ukrainian: остига́ти Ukrainian: ости́гнути Ukrainian: ости́гти Walloon: si rapåjhî Walloon: si rapåjhter Walloon: si rafroedi Walloon: rafroedi
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