chill | |
1. subst. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. | |
There was a chill in the air. | |
2. subst. 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 su | |
Close the window or you'll catch a chill. I felt a chill when the wind picked up. | |
3. subst. 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. | |
Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene. The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience. His menacing presence cast a chill over ev | |
4. subst. 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. | |
5. subst. The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel. | |
6. subst. A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness. | |
7. subst. Calmness; equanimity. | |
8. subst. A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire. | |
9. adj. Moderately cold or chilly. | |
A chill wind was blowing down the street. | |
10. adj. Unwelcoming; not cordial. | |
Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception. | |
11. adj. (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing. | |
The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class. | |
Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain. | |
12. adj. (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group. | |
That new movie was chill, man. | |
13. adj. (slang) Okay, not a problem. | |
"Sorry about that." "It's chill.". | |
14. v. To lower the temperature of something; to cool. | |
Chill before serving. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To become cold. | |
In the wind he chilled quickly. | |
16. v. (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling. | |
17. v. (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling. | |
18. v. (intransitive, slang) To relax, lie back. | |
Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up. | |
The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket. | |
19. v. (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out. | |
Hey, we should chill this weekend. | |
20. v. (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana. | |
On Friday night do you wanna chill? | |
21. v. To discourage or depress. | |
Censorship chills public discourse. | |