Decrease and Cool

decrease

A change downward.
- usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- synonyms: lessening, drop-off
A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
- synonyms: decrement
The amount by which something decreases.
- synonyms: decrement
The act of decreasing or reducing something.
- synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

Decrease in size, extent, or range.
- usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
- synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
Make smaller.
- usage: "He decreased his staff"
- synonyms: lessen, minify

(v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
(v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
(n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
(v.) The wane of the moon.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

cool

The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature.
- usage: "the cool of early morning"
Great coolness and composure under strain.
- usage: "keep your cool"
- synonyms: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid

Make cool or cooler.
- usage: "Chill the food"
- synonyms: chill, cool down
Loose heat.
- usage: "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
- synonyms: chill, cool down
Lose intensity.
- usage: "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
- synonyms: cool off, cool down

Neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat.
- usage: "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"
Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional.
- usage: "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
- synonyms: coolheaded, nerveless
Color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets. (
- usage: "cool greens and blues and violets"
Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike.
- usage: "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
Used of a number or sum. ( without exaggeration or qualification)
- usage: "a cool million bucks"
Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept.
- usage: "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"

(superl.) Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
(superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
(superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
(superl.) Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
(superl.) Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
(superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
(v.i.) To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
(n.) A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
(v.t.) To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
(v.t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
(v.i.) To become less hot; to lose heat.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary