1. n. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
There was a chill in the air.
2. n. 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. n. 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. n. 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. n. The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
6. n. A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
7. n. Calmness; equanimity.
8. n. 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.
I’m getting rather chilly over here – could you shut the window please?
3. adj. (figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.
She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.
4. n. alternative spelling of chili.
cold
1. adj. Froid.
Ice is very cold.
La glace est très froide.
2. adj. Faisant froid.
It is cold today.
Il fait froid aujourd'hui.
3. n. Froid ; froideur.
Get out of the cold.
Sors du froid.
4. n. Rhume.
I caught a cold from playing in the snow.
J'ai attrapé un rhume en jouant dans la neige.
cold
1. adj. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
A cold wind whistled through the trees.
2. adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
3. adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
She was so cold she was shivering.
4. adj. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
5. adj. Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.
He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.
The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.
6. adj. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
7. adj. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
I knocked him out cold.
After one more beer he passed out cold.
8. adj. (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
Practice your music scales until you know them cold.
Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.
Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold.
Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.
9. adj. (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.
Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.
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