'Cooling' definitions:

Definition of 'cooling'

From: WordNet
noun
The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]
noun
A mechanism for keeping something cool; "the cooling was overhead fans" [syn: cooling system, cooling]

Definition of 'Cooling'

From: GCIDE
  • Cool \Cool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooling.]
  • 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. [1913 Webster]
  • Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. --Luke xvi. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate. [1913 Webster]
  • We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cooling'

From: GCIDE
  • Cooling \Cool"ing\, p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook." --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.]
  • Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]