Chill

English Meaning

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

1. A moderate but penetrating coldness.
2. A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.
3. A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy: bad news that put a chill on the celebration.
4. A sudden numbing fear or dread.
5. Moderately cold; chilly: a chill wind.
6. Not warm and friendly; distant: a chill greeting.
7. Discouraging; dispiriting: "Chill penury repressed their noble rage” ( Thomas Gray).
8. To affect with or as if with cold.
9. To lower in temperature; cool.
10. To make discouraged; dispirit.
11. Metallurgy To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling.
12. To be seized with cold.
13. To become cold or set: jelly that chills quickly.
14. Metallurgy To become hard by rapid cooling.
15. Slang To calm down or relax. Often used with out.
16. Slang To pass time idly; loiter. Often used with out.
17. Slang To keep company; see socially. Often used with out.