chill C₃H₄I₁L₁L₁

Noun 4 meanings

1. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

   “There was a chill in the air.”

2. 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 susceptibility to illness.

   “Close the window or you'll catch a chill.”

3. 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.”

4. 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.

Adjective 2 meanings

1. Moderately cold or chilly.

   “A chill wind was blowing down the street.”

2. Unwelcoming; not cordial.

   “Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.”

Verb 4 meanings

1. To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

   “Chill before serving.”

2. To become cold.

   “In the wind he chilled quickly.”

3. To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.

4. To become hard by rapid cooling.

• WILL₇
• STILL₅
• BILL₆
• KILL₈
• HILL₇
• TILL₄
• FILL₇
• SKILL₉
• MILL₆
• DRILL₆
• PILL₆
• FULFILL₁₃

• CHILD₁₁
• CHILE₁₀
• CHILI₁₀
• SHILL₈
• THILL₈
• CHIEL₁₀
• CHIRL₁₀