Chill
[tʃɪl]
Definition
(noun.) coldness due to a cold environment.
(noun.) a sudden numbing dread.
(noun.) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever.
(verb.) depress or discourage; 'The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers'.
Typist: Maura--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.
(n.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.
(n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly.
(n.) An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
(n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel.
(a.) Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.
(a.) Affected by cold.
(a.) Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.
(a.) Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
(v. t.) To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.
(v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
(v. t.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
(v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Inputed by Alan
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cold, frigid, chilly, bleak.
v. a. [1]. Make chilly, make cold.[2]. Depress, discourage, deject, dampen, dishearten.
Editor: Simon
Definition
n. coldness: a cold that causes shivering: anything that damps or disheartens.—adj. shivering with cold: slightly cold: opposite of cordial.—v.i. to grow cold.—v.t. to make chill or cold: to blast with cold: to discourage.—adj. Chilled made cold: hardened by chilling as iron.—n. Chill′iness.—adj. Chill′ing cooling cold.—n. Chill′ness.—adj. Chilly that chills: somewhat chill.—Take the chill off to give a slight heat: to make lukewarm.
Edited by Jacqueline
Examples
- In the chill air, in the dim light, in the gloomy morning silence of the house, we three sat down together, and tried to eat, tried to talk. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And yet, I was perverse enough to feel a chill and disappointment in receiving no welcome, and rattling, alone and silent, through the misty streets. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sweet one, and I folded her to my heart, better repose than wander further;--rest--my beloved, I will make a fire--you are chill. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The chill of Mrs. Fairfax's warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That dreadful sentinel sent a chill to my heart which I do not think that any burglar could have done. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I don't know what there was about that face, Mr. Holmes, but it seemed to send a chill right down my back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a spring day, chill, with snatches of sunshine. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was chilled but arrogant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That's true, said Estella, with a cold careless smile that always chilled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I felt as if the room had chilled me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To the faces of these rolls were bolted a series of heavy, chilled-iron plates containing a number of projecting knobs two inches high. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These latter rolls were also face-lined with chilled-iron plates; but, unlike the larger ones, were positively driven, reducing the rock to pieces of about one-half-inch size, or smaller. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But he shuts out the now chilled air, draws the window-curtain, goes to bed, and falls asleep. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Long enough to be chilled to the heart, but I don't know how long. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You do not know how much we have been suffering, nor what chills we have felt! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Damp clothing should never be worn, because the moisture in it tends to evaporate at the expense of the bodily heat, and this undue loss of heat from the body produces chills. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Nothing but a chilling dimness was seen or felt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For the moment, Will's admiration was accompanied with a chilling sense of remoteness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- HALF England was desolate, when October came, and the equinoctial winds swept over the earth, chilling the ardours of the unhealthy season. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No sea-fog; no chilling damp: mistless as noon, and fresh as morning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the eyes of Mr. Guppy she is the same Lady Dedlock, holding the same prepared, proud, chilling state. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He paused, and she returned with a chilling smile: You are mistaken in one point, Mr. Rosedale: whatever I enjoy I am prepared to settle for. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Checker: Monroe