1. coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
2. a sensation of cold, usually with shivering: She felt a slight chill from the open window.
3. a feeling of sudden fear, anxiety, or alarm.
4. sudden coldness of the body, as during the cold stage of an ague: fevers and chills.
5. a depressing influence or sensation: His presence cast a chill over everyone.
6. lack of warmth of feeling; unfriendliness; coolness.
7. an inserted object or a surface in a mold capable of absorbing large amounts of heat, used to harden the surface of a casting or to increase its rate of solidification at a specific point.
8. bloom¹ (def. 12).

9. moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly: a chill wind.
10. shivering with or affected by cold; chilly.
11. depressing or discouraging: chill prospects.
12. cool (def. 14).
13. unduly formal; unfriendly; chilly: a chill reception.

14. to become cold: The earth chills when the sun sets.
15. to be seized with a chill; shiver with cold or fear.
16. (of a casting) to become hard on the surface by contact with a chill or chills.
17. to calm down; relax (often followed by out).

18. to affect with cold; make chilly: The rain has chilled me to the bone.
19. to make cool: Chill the wine before serving.
20. to depress; discourage; deter: The news chilled his hopes.
21. to harden the surface of (a casting) by casting it in a mold having a chill or chills.
22. bloom¹ (def. 22).
23. to kill; murder.

24. See chill pill (def. 2).

1. a moderate coldness
2. a sensation of coldness resulting from a cold or damp environment, or from a sudden emotional reaction
3. a feverish cold
4. a check on enthusiasm or joy
5. a metal plate placed in a sand mould to accelerate cooling and control local grain growth
6. another name for bloom 1 (def. 9)

7. another word for chilly

8. to make or become cold
9. to cool or freeze (food, drinks, etc)
10. (tr)
• to depress (enthusiasm, etc)
• to discourage
11. to cool (a casting or metal object) rapidly in order to prevent the formation of large grains in the metal
12. to relax; calm oneself

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