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CHILL
chill, iciness, gelidity
(noun) coldness due to a cold environment
frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; “a frisson of surprise shot through him”
chill, pall
(noun) a sudden numbing dread
chill, shivering
(noun) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
cool, chill, cool down
(verb) loose heat; “The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm”
cool, chill, cool down
(verb) make cool or cooler; “Chill the food”
chill
(verb) depress or discourage; “The news of the city’s surrender chilled the soldiers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
CHILL
(computing) Acronym of CCITT High Level Language.
Etymology 1
Noun
chill (countable and uncountable, plural chills)
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
Calmness; equanimity.
A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
Adjective
chill (comparative more chill, superlative most chill)
Moderately cold or chilly.
Unwelcoming; not cordial.
(slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
(slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
(slang) Okay, not a problem.
Verb
chill (third-person singular simple present chills, present participle chilling, simple past and past participle chilled)
(transitive) to lower the temperature of something; to cool
(intransitive) to become cold
(transitive, metallurgy) to harden a metal surface by sudden cooling
(intransitive, metallurgy) to become hard by rapid cooling
(intransitive, slang) to relax, lie back
(intransitive, slang) to "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.
(intransitive, slang) to smoke marijuana
(transitive) to discourage, depress
Etymology 2
Contraction
chill
(West Country, obsolete) I will
Synonym: I'll
Source: Wiktionary
Chill, n. Etym: [AS. cele, cyle, from the same root as celan, calan, to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness, Sw. kyla to chill, and E. cool. See Cold, and cf. Cool.]
1. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. "[A] wintry chill." W. Irving.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.
3. A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assemblly.
4. An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. Raymond.
5. The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever, fever and ague.
Chill, a.
1. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton.
2. Affected by cold. "My veins are chill." Shak.
3. Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.
4. Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
Chill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled (chìld); p. pr. & vb. n. Chilling.]
1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith.
2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers.
3. (Metal.)
Definition: To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
Chill, v. i. (Metal.)
Definition: To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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