Meaning

6 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (intransitive)To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on].

    lose intensity

  4. (intransitive)To be imprisoned.

    He's cooling off in the state pen.

  5. (slang, transitive)To kill (someone).

  6. (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 sentences
  1. It's starting to cool off.

    Починає охолоджуватися.

    ruНачинает остывать.

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  2. It has cooled off.

    Він охолов.

    ruСтало прохладно.

    deEs hat sich abgekühlt.

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  3. You should cool off a bit.

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  4. I suggest that you take a break and cool off a little.

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  5. Tom jumped into the water to cool off.

    ruТом прыгнул в воду, чтобы освежиться.

    deTom sprang ins Wasser, um sich abzukühlen.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to reduce in temperature, activity or temper:
Русский
By meaning 2
to reduce in temperature, activity or temper:
to cause to reduce in temperature, activity or temper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to reduce in temperature, activity or temper:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personscooled off

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cool off

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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