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chill
[ chil ]
noun
- coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness:
the chill of evening.
- a sensation of cold, usually with shivering:
She felt a slight chill from the open window.
- a feeling of sudden fear, anxiety, or alarm.
- sudden coldness of the body, as during the cold stage of an ague:
fevers and chills.
- a depressing influence or sensation:
His presence cast a chill over everyone.
- lack of warmth of feeling; unfriendliness; coolness.
- 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.
adjective
- moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly:
a chill wind.
- shivering with or affected by cold; chilly.
- depressing or discouraging:
chill prospects.
- Slang. cool ( def 14 ).
- unduly formal; unfriendly; chilly:
a chill reception.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used without object)
- to become cold:
The earth chills when the sun sets.
- to be seized with a chill; shiver with cold or fear.
- Foundry. (of a casting) to become hard on the surface by contact with a chill or chills.
- Slang. to calm down; relax (often followed by out ).
verb (used with object)
- to affect with cold; make chilly:
The rain has chilled me to the bone.
- to make cool:
Chill the wine before serving.
- to depress; discourage; deter:
The news chilled his hopes.
- Foundry. to harden the surface of (a casting) by casting it in a mold having a chill or chills.
- Slang. to kill; murder.
chill
/ ʃɪ /
noun
- a moderate coldness
- a sensation of coldness resulting from a cold or damp environment, or from a sudden emotional reaction
- a feverish cold
- a check on enthusiasm or joy
- a metal plate placed in a sand mould to accelerate cooling and control local grain growth
- another name for bloom 1
adjective
- another word for chilly
verb
- to make or become cold
- tr to cool or freeze (food, drinks, etc)
- tr
- to depress (enthusiasm, etc)
- to discourage
- tr to cool (a casting or metal object) rapidly in order to prevent the formation of large grains in the metal
- slang.intr to relax; calm oneself
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈԲ, adjective
- ˈԲly, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- iԲ· adverb
- n noun
- v· adjective
- v· verb
- · verb (used with object)
- ܲ· adjective
- ɱ- adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chill1
Idioms and Phrases
- take a chill pill, Slang. See chill pill ( def 2 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
You will have noticed this weekend that out of the sunshine there has been a distinct chill in the air.
These are meant to be the anesthetizing accompaniment to playlists featuring purveyors of sonic wallpaper made to help your whole body chill out — a vibe-fest, on demand.
"A chill fell over the house," he tells us.
“It’s a super cool place that you can just chill at,” said Amy Martinez, who grew up in Riverside, moved to Upland and returned to see the opening with her family.
In a freak accident, Steve Irwin died after being pierced through the heart by a usually chill stingray while filming an underwater documentary in a lagoon off the Great Barrier Reef.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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