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Chill   /tʃɪl/   Listen
Chill

noun
1.
Coldness due to a cold environment.  Synonyms: gelidity, iciness.
2.
An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.  Synonyms: frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle.
3.
A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever.  Synonym: shivering.
4.
A sudden numbing dread.  Synonym: pall.
verb
(past & past part. chilled; pres. part. chilling)
1.
Depress or discourage.
2.
Make cool or cooler.  Synonyms: cool, cool down.  Antonym: heat.
3.
Loose heat.  Synonyms: cool, cool down.  Antonym: heat.



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"Chill" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bivouac fire, for the night was chill, and we were yet high up along the summit of the great range. We had been scouting through the mountains for ten days, steadily working southward, and, though far from our own station, our supplies were abundant, ...
— Starlight Ranch - and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier • Charles King

... "November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; The shortening winter day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an ...
— Adventures In Contentment • David Grayson

... love to you?" repeated Ethel incredulously, though a chill came at her heart as she half realised ...
— Peg O' My Heart • J. Hartley Manners

... hour after that I awoke with a chill (as was natural), and was stretching out a hand to pull the window close, but suddenly sat down again and fell to ...
— The Splendid Spur • Arthur T. Quiller Couch

... in the black trees beside the road, like mighty Wodin in the northern forests, watching the son he had left behind and listening to the foolish words that fell from his lips. The baroness attributed the sudden chill of his manner, and the gloomy look on his face ...
— Greifenstein • F. Marion Crawford


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