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Meaning and definition for "chill" word

[noun] coldness due to a cold environment
[noun] an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
[noun] a sudden numbing dread
[noun] a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
[adjective] uncomfortably cool; "a chill wind"; "chilly weather"
[verb] loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
[verb] make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
[verb] depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
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\Chill\ (ch[i^]l), n. [AS. cele, cyle, from the same root as celan, calan, to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness, Sw. kyla to chill, and E. cool. See {Cold}, and cf. {Cool}.] 1. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. ``[A] wintry chill.'' --W. Irving. 2. (Med.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever. 3. A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly. 4. An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. --Raymond. 5. The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. --Knight. {Chill and fever}, fever and ague.
\Chill\, a. 1. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. --Milton. 2. Affected by cold. ``My veins are chill.'' --Shak. 3. Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception. 4. Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
\Chill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chilled} (ch[i^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chilling}.] 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. --Goldsmith. 2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. --Rogers. 3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
\Chill\, v. i. (Metal.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

Synonyms for chill

chilly, cool, cool, cool down, frisson, gelidity, iciness, pall, quiver, shiver, shivering, shudder, thrill, tingle

Antonyms: heat, heat up, hot up

See also: alter | apprehension | apprehensiveness | cast down | change | change state | chill | cold | coldness | deject | demoralise | demoralize | depress | dismay | dispirit | dread | fear | fearfulness | fright | get down | ice | low temperature | quench | refrigerate | symptom | turn |

Related terms: abscess, aloof, blennorhea, chills, cold-blooded, cold creeps, coldness, cold water, colic, deadpan, demoralize, disaffect, disincline, distract, goose bumps, high blood pressure, icterus, impassivity, lack of affect, offishness, penetrate, polar, reserved, spasm, strain, temperate, unsusceptibility, unsympatheticness, wet blanket, zeallessness

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Let's analyse "chill" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LLIHC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1430 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: chill: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: chill: 3 + 8 + 9 + 3 + 3 = 26, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
C (1) 3 Empress Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
H (1) 8 Strength Couragous, Faithful, Caring
I (1) 9 Hermit Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (2) 12 Hanged Man Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive

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