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noun (plural chills) |
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1. moderate coldness: a moderate but often unpleasant degree of coldness
  a chill in the air
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2. sudden short fever: a sudden short fever with shivering and a sensation of coldness
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3. coldness caused by fear: a sudden shuddering feeling of coldness caused by fear, anxiety, or excitement
felt a chill run down my spine
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4. depressing effect: a depressing or dampening effect on people or on an occasion
The news cast a chill over the party.
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5. lack of emotional warmth: an emotional coldness or unfriendliness in the atmosphere or in somebody's manner
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6. metallurgy mold used in casting metal: a mold made of a highly conductive material such as iron, used to achieve a rapid even cooling when casting metal. The chill may be water-cooled to accelerate the process.
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plural noun chills |
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feeling of attraction: a feeling of attraction to somebody
That movie star just gives me chills!
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adjective |
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1. moderately cold: moderately cold, but usually cold enough to be unpleasant
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2. emotionally cold: showing no friendliness or emotional warmth
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verb (past and past participle chilled, present participle chill·ing, 3rd person present singular chills) |
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1. transitive verb make somebody or something cold: to make somebody or something cold, usually unpleasantly so
a freezing draft that chilled me to the bone
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2. transitive and intransitive verb cool food: to cool food or drink in a refrigerator, or be left to cool there
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3. transitive verb be discouraging to somebody or something: to have a discouraging or dampening effect on somebody or something
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4. intransitive verb
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informal
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Same as chill out
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5. transitive and intransitive verb metallurgy harden metal, or become hard: to harden a metal surface, or become hard, by rapid cooling
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| [ Old English ciele< Germanic] |
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| chill·ness noun |
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