chill (ch l)n. 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. adj. 1. Moderately cold; chilly: a chill wind. 2. Not warm and friendly; distant: a chill greeting. 3. Discouraging; dispiriting: "Chill penury repressed their noble rage" (Thomas Gray). v. chilled, chill·ing, chills v.tr. 1. To affect with or as if with cold. 2. To lower in temperature; cool. 3. To make discouraged; dispirit. 4. Metallurgy To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling. v.intr. 1. To be seized with cold. 2. To become cold or set: jelly that chills quickly. 3. Metallurgy To become hard by rapid cooling. 4. Slang a. To calm down or relax. Often used with out. b. To pass time idly; loiter. Often used with out. c. To keep company; see socially. Often used with out. [Middle English chile, from Old English cele; see gel- in Indo-European roots.] chill  ing·ly adv.chill ness n.Our Living Language In the 1980s and 1990s, chill gained currency as a slang term meaning "to relax, calm down." It is first recorded in 1979 and comes from Black English slang, which has frequently been a source of slang and informal words in Standard English, often through the medium of various African-American musical styles (in this case, rap and hip-hop). In fact, the word chill has had several incarnations as a slang term both inside and outside Black English. An older slang sense, recorded first in the 1870s, has been "to lose interest (in something), sour (on something)." Since the late 1920s it has also been used transitively to mean "to quash" and even "to kill." The recent use in the sense "to calm down" is another example of slang's innovativeness: English has always used words referring to heat and cold metaphorically to refer to emotions, and has used cool to refer to calmness since Old English times. Chill is a novel way of saying cool down, an old metaphor. The semantic evolution of chill continues as this is being written; the new sense of "to relax" has even more recently been extended to mean "to relax among friends, socialize." Chill thus offers a good example of how living languages are constantly changing in ways that are at once unpredictable and immediately comprehensible. |
chill
Noun
1. a feverish cold
2. a moderate coldness
3. a feeling of coldness resulting from a cold or damp environment or from sudden fear
Verb
1. to make (something) cool or cold: chilled white wine
2. to cause (someone) to feel cold or frightened
3. Informal to calm oneself
Adjective
unpleasantly cold: chill winds [Old English ciele]
chilling adj
chillingly adv
chillingly adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  chill - coldness due to a cold environment low temperature, cold, frigidity, frigidness, coldness - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" |
| 2. |  chill - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | |
| 3. |  chill - a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a feversymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
| 4. | chill - a sudden numbing dread apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" | |
| Verb | 1. | chill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" cast down, deject, depress, dismay, dispirit, demoralise, demoralize, get down - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" |
| 2. | chill - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" quench - cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel" ice - put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs" refrigerate - cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine" | |
| 3. | chill - loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
chill
Translations
chill [tʃɪl] n → frío;
(MED) → resfriado
adj → frío
vt → enfriar;
(CULIN) → refrigerar
chill out vi (esp US) (#) (col) → tranquilizarse
chill [tʃɪl] n (of water) → froid m;
(of air) → fraîcheur f;
(Med) → refroidissement m, coup m de froid
vt [+ person] → faire frissonner; refroidir;
(Culin) → mettre au frais, rafraîchir;
chill out vi (inf) (esp US) → se relaxer
chill [tʃɪl] n → Kühle f;
(illness) → Erkältung f
adj → kühl (fig) (reminder) → erschreckend
vt → kühlen;
n chill [tʃil]
1 coldness There's a chill in the air. koudheid بُرودَه، قَشْعَريرَه студ chlad, zima kølighed; kulde die Kälte ψύχρα frío kõledus, külmus سرما؛ خنکی koleus, kylmyys froid קוֹר ठंड hladnoća, studen hideg dingin kuldi, nepja freddo 寒気 추위 šaltis, šaltukas vēsums; dzestrums kesejukan kilte kulde, kjølighet chłód friagem răcoare холод; прохлада chlad hlad hladnoća kyla ความหนาวเย็น serinlik; soğuk hava 寒冷 холод ٹھنڈک ، خنکی sự ớn lạnh 寒冷
2 an illness which causes shivering I think I've caught a chill. verkoue يُصابُ بِزُكام настинка nachlazení, třesavka forkølelse die Erkältung κρυολόγημα, συνάχι resfriado külmetus چایمان؛ لرز kylmettyminen refroidissement הִתקָרֵרוּת सिहरन zimica, jeza, drhtavica meghűlés demam kvef infreddatura 悪寒 오한 persišaldymas saaukstēšanās seram sejuk verkoudheid forkjølelse, kuldegysning przeziębienie resfriado răceală простуда nachladnutie prehlad groznica frossbrytning, förkylning เป็นหวัด soğuk algınlığı, üşütme 風寒 простуда, озноб لرزہ cảm lạnh 风寒
adj
cold a chill wind. koue بارِد، قارِس хладен studený, mrazivý kølig; kold kühl frío külm سرد kylmä froid קָר ठण्डा hladan, studen hűvös dingin kaldur freddo 冷たい 추운 šaltas dzestrs berangin kil kjølig zimny frio rece студёный studený mrzel hladan kall, kylig หนาว serin, soğuk 寒冷的 прохолодний, холодний ٹھنڈی giá lạnh 寒冷的
v
to make cold (without freezing) Have you chilled the wine? afkoel, verkoel يُبَرِّد، يُثَلِّج изстудявам (vy/z)chladit afkøle kühlen ψύχω enfriar jahutama خنک کردن jäähdyttää (mettre à) rafraîchir לְקָרֵר ठण्डा हो जाना ohladiti, rashladiti (le)hűt mendinginkan kæla mettere al fresco, raffreddare 冷やす 냉장하다 atšaldyti atvēsināt menyejukkan koelen (av)kjøle chłodzić arrefecer a pune la gheaţă охлаждать vychladiť ohladiti rashladiti kyla ทำให้เย็น soğutmak 使變冷 охолоджувати, студити یخ ٹھنڈا کرنا làm lạnh 使变冷
adj chilly
cold a chilly day. koue بارِد، مُسَبِّبٌ للقَشْعَريرَه мразовит chladný, studený, mrazivý kølig frostig κρύος frío kõle سرد kolea froid קָרִיר ठण्डा studen, hladan hideg dingin kaldur, napur freddo 冷え冷えする 추운 šaltas vēss; dzestrs hari yang dingin koel kjølig zimny frio rece холодный chladný mrzel prohladan kall, kylig ซึ่งหนาวเย็น soğuk, serin 寒冷的 прохолодний ٹھنڈا ، خنک rét căm căm 寒冷的
n chilliness
koelheid بُرودَه، قَشْعَريرَه студенина chlad, mrazivost kølighed die Kälte ψύχρα frío kõledus خنکی؛ سرما koleus froid קְרִירוּת ठंड studeno hidegség dingin kuldi, svali freddo 冷気 추움 šaltumas vēsums; dzestrums kedinginan koelte kulde zimno frio frig холод chlad mrzlo vreme svežina kyla, kylighet ความเย็น soğukluk, serinlik 寒冷 прохолодність ٹھنڈک sự ớn lạnh; sự lạnh lùng 寒冷
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