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- Dictionarychill/tʃɪl/
noun
- 1. an unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere, one's surroundings, or the body: "there was a chill in the air" Similar Opposite
- 2. a metal mould, often cooled, designed to ensure rapid or even cooling of metal during casting.
verb
- 1. make (someone) cold: "they were chilled by a sudden wind"
- 2. horrify or frighten (someone): "the city was chilled by the violence" Similar Opposite
adjective
- 1. chilly: "the chill grey dawn"
- 2. very relaxed or easy-going: informal North American "in general, I am a pretty chill guy"
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a sudden unpleasant feeling, especially of fear: I suddenly realized, with a chill of apprehension, the danger ahead. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idioms. send chills down/up someone's spine.
1. a. : a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness) He had caught a chill that night, and was now down with a fever. Wilkie Collins. usually plural. If you have a cough, fever and chills and are not breathing as easily as usual, you might have a cold or the flu. Linda Searing.
A sharp burst of cold air or icy temperatures is a chill. The chill of a January day in New England might make you dream of moving to New Mexico. You'll feel a chill when someone opens a window in the winter, or notice a chill in the air on a cool day in September.
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.
Definition of chill noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze. [...] 2. When cold weather or something cold chills a person or a place, it makes that person or that place feel very cold. [...] 3. If something sends a chill through you, it gives you a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety. [...]
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English chill1 /tʃɪl/ noun 1 [singular] a feeling of coldness There was a slight chill in the air. morning/autumnal/January etc chill Suddenly aware of the morning chill, she closed the window. chill of He sat in the chill of the evening, staring out over the city below.
a sudden unpleasant feeling, especially of fear: I suddenly realized, with a chill of apprehension, the danger ahead. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idioms. send chills down/up someone's spine.
noun. chills. A feeling of coldness that makes one shiver; uncomfortable coolness. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A moderate coldness. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy. Bad news that put a chill on the celebration. American Heritage.
a : a feeling of being cold. Her symptoms include chills and a fever. b : an illness that makes you feel cold. He caught a chill that turned into a bad cold. 3. [count] : a sudden feeling of fear. I feel a chill (of fear) every time I look at the photograph. The novel's final scene gave him the chills. Her words sent chills down my spine. 4.
