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Meaning of cooling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cooling

Pronunciation:/ˈkuːlɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To lose heat, to get colder.

    Example: I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.

  2. To make cooler, less warm.

  3. To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

    Example: Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.

  4. To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

noun

Definitions

  1. A decrease in temperature.

  2. Refrigeration.

adjective

Definitions

  1. That cools.

  2. (Asian English). Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.