 chill |
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| 1. | [ noun ] coldness due to a cold environment | |
| Synonyms: | gelidity iciness | |
| Related terms: | coldness cool | |
| 2. | [ verb ] depress or discourage | |
| Examples: | "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" |
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| Related terms: | depress | |
| 3. | [ noun ] an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | |
| Synonyms: | thrill quiver shudder shiver tingle frisson | |
| Examples: | "a frisson of surprise shot through him" |
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| Related terms: | fear shudder tingle | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (medicine) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | |
| Synonyms: | shivering | |
| Related terms: | symptom shiver | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make cool or cooler | |
| Synonyms: | cool cool_down | |
| Examples: | "Chill the food" |
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| Related terms: | heat change quench ice refrigerate cooling cooling_system cooler cooler cool cool | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] uncomfortably cool | |
| Synonyms: | chilly | |
| Examples: | "a chill wind" "chilly weather" |
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| Related terms: | cool | |
| 7. | [ verb ] loose heat; The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" | |
| Synonyms: | cool cool_down | |
| Related terms: | heat change_state cooling coolant | |
| 8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17831 | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a sudden numbing dread | |
| Synonyms: | pall | |
| Related terms: | apprehension daunt | |
| Similar spelling: |
chilly chilli chili chile cholla Chiloe challah chyle Chloe chela Cohill Cahill Cholewa |
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