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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 Word Forms
- iԲ· adverb
- n noun
- v· adjective
- v· verb
- · verb (used with object)
- ܲ· adjective
- ɱ- adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chill1
Idioms and Phrases
- take a chill pill, Slang. See chill pill ( def 2 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“We don't want to police speech insofar as it chills it,” Unger said.
It is the chilled bite I want, straight from the refrigerator in the afternoon, and it provides the perfect counter-taste to simple dinners made with little effort in the low light of a seaside bungalow.
The idea of protesters causing JSO levels of disruption - but unlike JSO, avoiding justice - may send a chill down the spine of many motorists.
Testifying in January 1985, Miller claimed that his supervisor’s “spiritual lecture” chilled him with the specter of eternal separation from his loved ones.
Mendelsohn and Lesser have the luxury of playing to type here, with the former channeling his version of Imperial unctuousness and the latter lending a professorial chill to his acceptance of unconscionable orders.
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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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