coolen

verb

Etymology

From cool + -en. Compare Icelandic kólna (“to cool”), Norwegian kjølne (“to cool”), Swedish kylna (“to chill, cool”).

  1. inherited from *kōlijaną
  2. inherited from *kōlijan
  3. inherited from cēlan
  4. inherited from kelen
  5. derived from *gel-
  6. inherited from *kōlēn
  7. inherited from cōlian
  8. inherited from colen
  9. formed as coolen — “cool + -en

Definitions

  1. To make or become cool.

    • Mrs. Allen sitting at her typewriter with a speed of popping sound as if someone in the kitchen is making a popcorn. Now the coffee has coolen[ed] down, Broneco took another swallow.
    • The girls gathered around my table, ate popcorn with chopsticks, and asked for ice cubes "to coolen" their cocoa.
  2. Alternative form of coolung.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA