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coole

coole is the obsolete form of cool.

coole is the obsolete form of coal.

Meaning of cool

Verb

cool (third-person singular simple present cools, present participle cooling, simple past and past participle cooled)

  1. (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
    • I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
    Synonyms:
    cool down
    Antonyms:
    warm, warm up, heat, heat up
  2. (literally, transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
    • Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 16:24
    Antonyms:
    warm, warm up, heat, heat up
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    • Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    • We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  5. (dated, slang, transitive) To kill, murder.
    • Maybe he would die. That would mean I had murdered him. I smiled, trying the idea on for size. One of the things that always had cheesed me a little was that I had no kills to my credit. I'd been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I'd never cooled anyone. Well maybe now I had my first one. I...1965, "Sex Jungle" (narrated in Perversion for Profit)
  6. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To relax, hang out.
    • Seen my homeboys coolin' way way out / Told 'em bout my mornin' cold bugged' em out1986, “6 in the Mornin'”performed by Ice-T
    Synonyms:
    bool

See all 26 meanings of cool

Meaning of coal

Noun

coal (countable and uncountable, plural coals)

  1. (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
    • The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.
    1. (countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
      • Put some coal on the fire.
  2. (countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
    • Put some coals on the fire.
  3. (countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
    • hot coals
  4. Charcoal.
  5. (Internet) Content of low quality.
    • I'm so sick of seeing this coal online.
    Antonyms:
    gem

See all 17 meanings of coal

Forms of coole

Verb
third-person singular presentcooles
present participlecooling
past participlecooled
pastcooled
Noun
pluralcooles

Questions about coole

What is coole the obsolete form of?
Coole is the obsolete form of cool.

Words near coole in the dictionary

  1. coolcurnees
  2. cooldown
  3. cooldowns
  4. cooldrink
  5. cooldrinks
  6. coole
  7. Coolea
  8. cooled
  9. cooled down
  10. cooled off
  11. cooled one's heels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coole (page history and authors); cool (page history and authors); coal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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