Sekirov Dictionary

chill

/tʃɪl/

verb 8
noun 10
adjective 5
contraction 1
forms 7
phrases 5

verb8

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To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- Chill before serving.
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To become cold.
- In the wind he chilled quickly.
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(slang) to rest and stay calm, doing nothing that takes effort
- 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.
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(slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- Hey, we should chill this weekend.
- He likes to chill with his friends on Saturdays.
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(figurative) To discourage, depress.
- Censorship chills public discourse.
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(slang) To smoke marijuana.
- On Friday night do you wanna chill?
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
To become hard by rapid cooling.

noun10

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A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- There was a chill in the air.
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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.
- I felt a chill when the wind picked up.
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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.
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A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
- However, the chill between the two giants did not last long; every constituency except the Westernizers found virtue in warming up to China. — 1998
A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.
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Calmness; equanimity.
- A heated, in-door pool flanked by sumptuous daybeds where dark-slated walls, fiber-optic mood lighting, underwater sound system, and soothing waterfall deliver serious chill. — 2017
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A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
- Will and Grace still have no chill; having a pillow fight in the Oval Office proves that. — 2017
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.
The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
(no longer used) A kind of lamp that burns fish oil.

adjective5

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Moderately cold or chilly.
- A chill wind was blowing down the street.
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(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.
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(slang) Okay, not a problem.
- Sorry about that. —It's chill.
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Unwelcoming; not cordial.
- Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.
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(slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
- That new movie was chill, man.

contraction1

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(no longer used) I will
- Yet since their eyes make hart so sore, hey ho, chill love no more. — 1588

forms

chilled · chilling · chilleth · chills · chillest · more chill · most chill

Phrases with chill

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