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noun
1.
coldness, especially 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.
EXPANDa depressing influence or sensation: His presence cast a chill over everyone.
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.
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Chillness
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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)
Verb phrase17.
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.
EXPANDbloom1 (def. 22).
22.
COLLAPSESlang. to kill; murder.
23.
Idiomchill out, Slang. to calm down; relax. Also, chill.
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World English Dictionary
| chill (tʃɪl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a moderate coldness |
| 2. | a sensation of coldness resulting from a cold or damp environment, or from a sudden emotional reaction |
| 3. | a feverish cold |
| 4. | a check on enthusiasm or joy |
| 5. | a metal plate placed in a sand mould to accelerate cooling and control local grain growth |
| 6. | another name for bloom |
| —adj | |
| 7. | another word for chilly |
| —vb | |
| 8. | to make or become cold |
| 9. | (tr) to cool or freeze (food, drinks, etc) |
| 10. | (tr) |
| a. to depress (enthusiasm, etc) | |
| b. to discourage | |
| 11. | (tr) to cool (a casting or metal object) rapidly in order to prevent the formation of large grains in the metal |
| 12. | slang chiefly (US) (intr) to relax; calm oneself |
| [Old English ciele; related to calan to | |
| 'chilling | |
| —adj | |
| 'chillingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'chillness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
chill
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."
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chill (chĭl)
n.
A feeling of cold, with shivering and pallor, sometimes accompanied by an elevation of temperature in the interior of the body.
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