cool off
To decrease in temperature, activity, or temperTo decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
» It's starting to cool off.
Начинает остывать.
Починає охолоджуватися.
Починає вистигати.
Meaning
6 senses(intransitive)To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
You are getting a little too angry; you need to cool off.
The metal will take about three hours to cool off after the molding.
abkühlen
остыва́тьostyvátʹ, осты́тьostýtʹ, охлажда́тьсяoxlaždátʹsja
остига́тиostyháty, ости́гнутиostýhnuty, ости́гтиostýhty
(transitive)To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.
At first he was very angry, but his friends managed to cool him off.
остужа́тьostužátʹ, остуди́тьostudítʹ, охлажда́тьoxlaždátʹ
(intransitive)To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on].
lose intensity
(intransitive)To be imprisoned.
He's cooling off in the state pen.
(slang, transitive)To kill (someone).
(intransitive, slang)To wait for a furor to die down; to hide during a police manhunt.
After doing the job, he went to the safehouse to cool off.
Examples
28 sentencesIt's starting to cool off.
Починає охолоджуватися.
ruНачинает остывать.
It has cooled off.
Він охолов.
ruСтало прохладно.
deEs hat sich abgekühlt.
You should cool off a bit.
I suggest that you take a break and cool off a little.
Tom jumped into the water to cool off.
ruТом прыгнул в воду, чтобы освежиться.
deTom sprang ins Wasser, um sich abzukühlen.
Translations
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Forms
cools off, cooling off, cooled off, cooled off| Base form | cool off · to cool off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cools off |
| Present participle | cooling off |
| Past simple | cooled off |
| Past participle | cooled off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonyms- lose intensity:coolcool down
- become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation:calmcalm downchill outsimmer downsettle downcool it
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb