refroidir — meaning in English

English meaning

• cool adjective Slightly cold; at a mildly low temperature.
• freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
• ice noun Water that has frozen solid.

Senses

refroidir is used for these senses in English:

• cool (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
• cool down To cause (something) to become cooler; to reduce the temperature of.
• freeze To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
• ice (transitive, slang) To murder.

cool — full definition

1. adjective Slightly cold; at a mildly low temperature.
2. adjective Calm and composed, especially under pressure.
3. adjective (informal) Fashionable, impressive, or admirable.
4. adjective (informal) Acceptable; fine.
5. noun A calm, composed manner; one's composure.

freeze — full definition

1. verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
2. verb To suddenly become motionless, often from fear or surprise.
3. verb Of a machine, program, or system, to stop responding.
4. verb To stop something, such as prices, wages, or assets, from changing or moving.
5. noun A period of very cold weather, or an official halt on something changing.

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