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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cool.

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Examples

  • The weather is pretty darn good -- a little rain cools things down, and there's plenty of sunshine inbetween.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006

  • A mild word cools the heat of anger, as water extinguishes fire.

    The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales Jean Pierre Camus 1618

  • When used in exterior advertising-type applications, for example, traditional amber LEDs tend to dim as the day gets warmer and brighten as the night cools, which is a problem.

    Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed 2008

  • So the White House hopes that kind of cools their complaints about his spending.

    CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2009 2009

  • So he kind of cools this off and takes away that pressure without kind of ticking off Hillary Clinton's voters who of course he very much wants to come to his side.

    CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008 2008

  • But if it goes on for a couple more weeks and then it kind of cools off, then you can go to the usual long-term diplomatic strategy.

    CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2008 2008

  • Obviously if they are, that changes the whole dynamics, but if it goes on for a couple more weeks and then it kind of cools off, then you go back to the usual long-term diplomatic strategy.

    CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2008 2008

  • But there are still some showers popping up in the warmest part of the day out there, and that kind of cools things down just a touch.

    CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2006 2006

  • So, they might have to wait until nightfall, use the infrared assets that they have on the helicopters, after everything kind of cools down.

    CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2006 2006

  • "The polar regions are where the Earth kind of cools itself," said Scott Borg, director for Antarctic science at the National Science Foundation.

    BLACK ENTERPRISE 2009

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