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Definition of Chill
1. Verb. Depress or discourage. "The bad news will chill him"; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
2. Noun. Coldness due to a cold environment.
Generic synonyms: Cold, Coldness, Frigidity, Frigidness, Low Temperature
Derivative terms: Chilly, Gelid, Icy, Icy
3. Verb. Make cool or cooler. "They chill the water "; "Chill the food"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Causes: Cool, Cool Down
Specialized synonyms: Quench, Ice, Refrigerate
Derivative terms: Chilling, Cool, Coolant, Cooler, Cooler, Cooling, Cooling
Antonyms: Heat
4. Noun. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. "A frisson of surprise shot through him"
Generic synonyms: Fear, Fearfulness, Fright
Derivative terms: Shiver, Shivery, Shuddery, Thrill, Thrill, Tingle
5. Verb. Loose heat. "The water chills "; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Chilling, Cool, Coolant, Cooling
Antonyms: Heat
6. Noun. A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever.
7. Noun. A sudden numbing dread.
Definition of Chill
1. n. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.
2. a. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.
3. v. t. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.
4. v. i. To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Definition of Chill
1. Abbreviation. (computing) an acronym for CCITT High Level Language ¹
2. Noun. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. ¹
3. Noun. 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: ''close the window or you'll catch a chill''. ¹
4. Noun. 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. ¹
5. Adjective. Moderately cold or chilly. ¹
6. Adjective. (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing. ''See also'': chill out. ¹
7. Adjective. (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) To become cold. ¹
11. Verb. (intransitive metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling. ¹
12. Verb. (intransitive slang) To relax, lie back. ¹
13. Verb. (intransitive slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. ''Also'' '''chill out'''. ¹
14. Verb. (intransitive slang) To smoke marijuana. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chill
1. cool [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: cool
Medical Definition of Chill
1. 1. A sensation of cold. 2. A feeling of cold with shivering and pallor, accompanied by an elevation of temperature in the interior of the body; usually a prodromal symptom of an infectious disease due to the invasion of the blood by toxins. Synonym: rigor. Origin: A.S. Cele, cold (05 Mar 2000)