English-Dutch translations for cool down

• afkoelen
  Ik denk dat het daarom raadzaam is dat u de namen snel bekendmaakt, zodat de publieke opinie en de concurrentie tussen de grote en kleine bedrijven kunnen afkoelen. I therefore think it is advisable that you should give the names soon, so that public opinion, and competition among companies, large or small, can be allowed to cool down.
• bekoelen
• koelen
  Ook kerncentrales gebruiken het gewone elektriciteitsnet om bijvoorbeeld het koelwater op temperatuur te houden en de radioactieve kern en de gebruikte splijtstof af te koelen. Nuclear power too relies upon the commercial electricity network in order, for example, to maintain the supply of cooling water and to cool down the radioactive core and the spent nuclear fuel.
• verfrissen
• verkillen

Definition of cool down

• To become cooler, to be reduced in temperature
• To cause the temperature of an item to decrease
• To become less agitated
• To cause to become less agitated

Synonyms

• calm down

Examples

• You can drink the coffee when its cooled down.
• We had to cool down the equipment with water before using it.
• Id love to go to Iraq, but Ill have to wait until the violence cools down.
• Dave was kicking and screaming, so I had to cool him down with some mellow music.

Related words

• cool
• coolness
• cooler
• cooling
• coolant
• cooled
• coolie
• coolly
• supercooled
• undercooled