"cool" meaning in English

See cool in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kuːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cool.wav [UK] Forms: cool [positive], cooler [comparative], coolest [superlative]
enPR: ko͞ol Head templates: {{adj|cool|cooler|coolest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is cool, its temperature is between warm and cold.
    Sense id: simple-cool-en-adj-If0zO2~R
  2. If you say something is cool you mean it is good and you like it.
    Sense id: simple-cool-en-adj-RKrO8qEV
  3. Someone who is cool is admired by others, someone of notably high social status.
    Sense id: simple-cool-en-adj-BG3hiIZE

Verb

IPA: /kuːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cool.wav [UK] Forms: cool [canonical], cools [third-person, singular], cooled [past], cooled [past, participle], cooling [present, participle]
enPR: ko͞ol Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you cool something, you decrease the temperature.
    Sense id: simple-cool-en-verb-XlQYLQWb
  2. If something cools, its temperature decreases.
    Sense id: simple-cool-en-verb-8DXOw6Wd
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