# cooled

Pronunciation: say "KOOLD" US /kuld/, UK /kuːld/

## Adjective

1. Brought to a lower temperature than before.
   - Simple: Made colder than it was before.
   - _The cooled magma had hardened into solid black rock._
   - _Workers handled the cooled glass once it left the furnace._
3. Lowered in temperature by the means indicated in the preceding word, as in air-cooled or water-cooled.
   - Simple: Made colder by a stated method, named by the word in front, like 'air' or 'water'.
   - _Most small aircraft still rely on air-cooled engines._
   - _The data center uses a liquid-cooled system to manage the heat from its servers._
4. Brought to a reduced degree of anger or strong feeling.
   - Simple: Made calmer after being angry or very excited.
   - _With cooled passions, the two rivals finally shook hands._
   - _The mediator returned to the cooled dispute with fresh proposals the next morning._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of cool. — simple past and past participle of cool
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of cool. Use this form when the cooling already happened.
   - _The lava cooled into jagged black rock over many days._
   - _The engine had cooled by the time the mechanic arrived._

## Origin

Formed from "cool" plus the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cooled (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).