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chill

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chill

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, chill is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofchill

1noun
  • A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

    Example: "There was a chill in the air."

  • 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.

    Example: "Close the window or you'll catch a chill.   I felt a chill when the wind picked up."

  • 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.

    Example: "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."

  • 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.
  • The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
  • A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
  • Calmness; equanimity.
  • A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
1verb
  • To lower the temperature of something; to cool

    Example: "Chill before serving."

  • To become cold

    Example: "In the wind he chilled quickly."

  • To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling
  • To become hard by rapid cooling
  • To relax, lie back

    Example: "Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up."

  • To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.

    Example: "Hey, we should chill this weekend."

  • To smoke marijuana

    Example: "On Friday night do you wanna chill?"

  • To discourage, depress

    Example: "Censorship chills public discourse."

1adjective
  • Moderately cold or chilly.

    Example: "A chill wind was blowing down the street."

  • Unwelcoming; not cordial.

    Example: "Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception."

  • Calm, relaxed, easygoing.

    Example: "Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain."

  • "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.

    Example: "That new movie was chill, man."

  • Okay, not a problem.

    Example: ""Sorry about that." "It's chill.""

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