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  1. 1. superl. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater. Source: opted
  3. 3. superl. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress. Source: opted
  4. 4. superl. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner. Source: opted
  5. 5. superl. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior. Source: opted
  6. 6. superl. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. t. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate. Source: opted
  10. 10. v. i. To become less hot; to lose heat. Source: opted
  11. 11. v. i. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate. Source: opted
  12. 12. adj. neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat Source: wordnet

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