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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature;
[syn: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]

2. a mechanism for keeping something cool;
- Example: "the cooling was overhead fans"
[syn: cooling system, cooling]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cool \Cool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooling.] 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. [1913 Webster] Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. --Luke xvi. 24. [1913 Webster] 2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate. [1913 Webster] We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cooling \Cool"ing\, p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook." --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cooling n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction] 2: a mechanism for keeping something cool; "the cooling was overhead fans" [syn: cooling system, cooling]