Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature.

    You can drink the coffee when it's cooled down.

    sich abkühlen, abkühlen, abkühlen

    остыва́тьostyvátʹ, осты́тьostýtʹ, охлажда́тьсяoxlaždátʹsja

    холо́нутиxolónuty, охоло́нутиoxolónuty, охоло́джуватисяoxolódžuvatysja

    make cool or cooler

  2. (intransitive)To become less agitated or excited.

    I'd love to go to Israel, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down.

    остыва́тьostyvátʹ, осты́тьostýtʹ, охладева́тьoxladevátʹ

  3. (intransitive)To decrease in degree or intensity.

    lose intensity

  4. (transitive)To cause (something) to become cooler; to reduce the temperature of.

    We had to cool down the equipment with water before using it.

  5. (transitive)To cause (someone) to become less agitated or excited.

    Dave was kicking and screaming, so I had to cool him down with some mellow music.

Examples

65 sentences
  1. It's going to cool down tonight.

    deEs wird heute Nacht kühler.

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  2. I'm waiting for Tom to cool down.

    ruЯ жду, пока Том не успокоится.

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  3. It'll cool down tonight.

    ruСегодня вечером похолодает.

    deEs wird sich heute Abend abkühlen.

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  4. It will cool down tonight.

    ruК вечеру похолодает.

    deEs wird sich heute Abend abkühlen.

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  5. You need to cool down.

    deSie müssen sich abregen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to become cooler (temperature):
to make something cooler:
Русский
By meaning 4
to become cooler (temperature):
to make something cooler:
to become less agitated:
to make less agitated:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to become cooler (temperature):

Forms

cools down, cooling down, cooled down, cooled down
Base formcool down · to cool down
3rd person singularcools down
Present participlecooling down
Past simplecooled down
Past participlecooled down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycool down
he, she, itcools down

Past simpleLesson

all personscooled down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cooled down
he, she, ithas cooled down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cool down

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcooldown

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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