CHILLS — Definition of CHILLS
noun
1
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
There was a chill in the air.
2
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.
3
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. His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.
4
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.
verb
1
To lower the temperature of something; to cool
Chill before serving.
2
To become cold
In the wind he chilled quickly.
3
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling
4
To become hard by rapid cooling
noun
1
A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chill
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