chill

Definitions of chill in various dictionaries:

noun - coldness due to a cold environment

noun - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

noun - a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

noun - a sudden numbing dread

verb - depress or discourage

verb - make cool or cooler

verb - loose heat

A moderate but penetrating coldness.

A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.

A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy: bad news that put a chill on the celebration.

A sudden numbing fear or dread.

Moderately cold; chilly: a chill wind.

Not warm and friendly; distant: a chill greeting.

Discouraging; dispiriting: “Chill penury repressed their noble rage” (Thomas Gray).

To affect with or as if with cold.

To lower in temperature; cool.

To make discouraged; dispirit.

To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling.

To be seized with cold.

To become cold or set: jelly that chills quickly.

To become hard by rapid cooling.

adj - moderately cold

verb - to make less warm

adj - having little or no warmth

noun - the relative lack of heat; a chill