| chill | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. chill, gelidity, iciness | coldness due to a cold environment. |
| ~ low temperature, cold, frigidity, frigidness, coldness | the absence of heat.; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle | an almost pleasurable sensation of fright.; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" |
| ~ fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| n. (state) | 3. chill, shivering | a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever. |
| ~ symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. |
| n. (feeling) | 4. chill, pall | a sudden numbing dread. |
| ~ apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | fearful expectation or anticipation.; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. chill | depress or discourage.; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" |
| ~ cast down, deject, depress, dismay, dispirit, demoralise, demoralize, get down | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" |
| v. (change) | 6. chill, cool, cool down | make cool or cooler.; "Chill the food" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ cool, chill, cool down | loose heat.; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" |
| ~ quench | cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid.; "quench steel" |
| ~ ice | put ice on or put on ice.; "Ice your sprained limbs" |
| ~ refrigerate | cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator.; "refrigerate this medicine" |
| v. (change) | 7. chill, cool, cool down | loose heat.; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
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