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chill

  [chil]
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–noun
1. coldness, esp. a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
2. a sensation of cold, usually with shivering: She felt a slight chill from the open window.
3. a feeling of sudden fear, anxiety, or alarm.
4. sudden coldness of the body, as during the cold stage of an ague: fevers and chills.
5. a depressing influence or sensation: His presence cast a chill over everyone.
6. lack of warmth of feeling; unfriendliness; coolness.
7. Foundry. an inserted object or a surface in a mold capable of absorbing large amounts of heat, used to harden the surface of a casting or to increase its rate of solidification at a specific point.
8. bloom 1 (def. 10).
–adjective
9. moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly: a chill wind.
10. shivering with or affected by cold; chilly.
11. depressing or discouraging: chill prospects.
12. Slang. cool (def. 14).
13. unduly formal; unfriendly; chilly: a chill reception.
–verb (used without object)
14. to become cold: The earth chills when the sun sets.
15. to be seized with a chill; shiver with cold or fear.
16. Foundry. (of a casting) to become hard on the surface by contact with a chill or chills.
–verb (used with object)
17. to affect with cold; make chilly: The rain has chilled me to the bone.
18. to make cool: Chill the wine before serving.
19. to depress; discourage; deter: The news chilled his hopes.
20. Foundry. to harden the surface of (a casting) by casting it in a mold having a chill or chills.
21. bloom 1 (def. 17).
22. Slang. to kill; murder.
—Verb phrase
23. chill out, Slang. to calm down; relax.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME chile, OE ci(e)le, cele coolness; akin to gelid, cool, cold

Related forms:
chill⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
chillness, noun

Synonyms:
9. See cold. 13. cold, aloof, hostile, stiff.
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Cultural Dictionary

chill out

To not get so excited; to take it easy: “Hey, chill out, we'll get there sooner or later.” This phrase can also mean to relax; to have a good time: “On my vacation I just want to chill out on the beach with a good book.” It is often shortened to the imperative chill: “Chill! We can do without your bad behavior.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
chill (out)

  1. in.
    to calm down; to be cool; to get cool; to relax. : Before we can debate this matter, you're all gonna have to chill out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

chill  (n.)
O.E. ciele, cele "cold," from P.Gmc. *kal- "to be cold," from PIE base *gel- "cold." The verb (both lit. and figurative) is 14c., from the noun. Meaning "hang out" first recorded 1985; from earlier (1979) sense of chill out "relax." Chilly "feeling rather cold" is from 1611.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: chill
Function: transitive verb
: to discourage esp. through fear of penalty : have a chilling effect on chill the exercise of…free expression —M. H. Redish>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2chill
Function: intransitive verb
1 a : to become cold b : to shiver or quake with or as if with cold
2 : to become affected with a chill chill transitive senses
: to make cold or chilly
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

chill (chĭl)
n.
A feeling of cold, with shivering and pallor, sometimes accompanied by an elevation of temperature in the interior of the body.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

chill out

Calm down or relax, as in Don't let it bother youjust chill out, or Rex decided to come home and chill out for a while. [Slang; 1970s.] Also see cool it.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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