Cooled

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /kuːld/

Definitions

1. The act of lowering the temperature of an object or substance occurs when heat is extracted from it, resulting in a state characterized by reduced thermal energy
2. Reducing the thermal energy of an entity involves removal of heat, leading to its stabilization at a lower temperature level
3. Having had heat removed to reach a lower temperature state

Etymology: "Cooled" is the past tense and past participle of "cool," so its history is essentially that of the base verb plus the regular ending "-ed." The verb goes back to Proto-Germanic "kōluz," an adjective meaning cool, which gave Old English "cōlian" (to make or become cool). Middle English turned that into "colen," and the modern "cool" came out of it, while the "-ed" ending descends from an Old English suffix that marked past forms. The notable point is that the ending was attached to a verb that began as a word about temperature, not one about mood. The sense of being calm or fashionable, which many readers now associate with "cool," developed much later and is a separate, slangy extension. "Cooled" itself has stayed close to the original meaning: a thing that was warm, or hot, and has lost its heat.

Synonyms: chilled, calmed, tempered

Antonyms: heated, warmed, excited