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present tense third-person singular of cool
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1
to cause to lose heat
- cool your drinks in the icy mountain stream
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2
to become still and orderly
- after the recess, tempers had cooled, and we could have a civil, rational discussion
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- calms (down),
- chills out
- [slang],
- hushes,
- pipes down,
- quiets,
- settles (down)
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- relaxes,
- tranquilizes
- (also tranquillizes),
- unwinds,
- zones out
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“Cools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cools. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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