Akademik

cool down
verb
1. make cool or cooler
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Chill the food

• Syn: ↑cool, ↑chill
• Ant: ↑heat (for: ↑cool)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑chill (for: ↑chill), ↑chilling (for: ↑chill), ↑cool (for: ↑cool), ↑cooler (for: ↑cool), ↑coolant (for: ↑cool), ↑cooling (for: ↑cool)
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
• Hyponyms: ↑quench, ↑ice, ↑refrigerate
• Cause: ↑cool, ↑chill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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They cool down the water

2. loose heat
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The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm

• Syn: ↑cool, ↑chill
• Ant: ↑heat (for: ↑cool)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑chill (for: ↑chill), ↑chilling (for: ↑chill), ↑cool (for: ↑cool), ↑coolant (for: ↑cool), ↑cooling (for: ↑cool)
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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The water cool downs

3. lose intensity
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His enthusiasm cooled considerably

• Syn: ↑cool, ↑cool off
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.