Past tense of cool
regular verb
The past tense of cool is cooled. The past participle is also cooled.
Forms of cool
| Base form (V1) | cool /kuːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cooled /kuːld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | cooled /kuːld/ |
| Present participle | cooling /ˈkuːlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | cools /kuːlz/ |
Cooled in a sentence
- Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
- I'd been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I'd never cooled anyone.1965, "Sex Jungle" (narrated in Perversion for Profit)
- The searing heat cooled somewhat as the sun set in the evening.From the entry somewhat
- You can drink the coffee when it's cooled down.From the entry cool down
- Later, they cooled her down, and we sat quite calm all through the journey.” “Hahaha!2018, Sasidhar Kareti, “The Goa Tour”, in Unconditional Uncommitted: Based on a True Story, Chennai: Notion Press, →ISBN. From the entry dafaq
Meaning of cool
- adjective Of a mildly low temperature.
- adjective Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- adjective Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
Questions about the past tense of cool
- What is the past tense of cool?
- The past tense of cool is cooled.
- What is the past participle of cool?
- The past participle of cool is cooled.
- Is cool a regular or irregular verb?
- Cool is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cool (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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