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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of cool form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Brought to a lower temperature.

   "Set one of the cooled cakes, with its top side down, on a cake stand or plate […]."

2. 2
   With a descriptive word: brought to a lower temperature by means of.

   "a water-cooled engine"

3. 3
   Brought to a reduced degree of anger or fervour. figuratively

Synonyms

All synonyms

supercooled

Antonyms

All antonyms

warmed

Example

More examples

"I cooled my heels for one hour outside his office."

Etymology

From cool + -ed.

Related phrases

air-cooledwater-cooled

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