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Noun chill has 4 senses
- chill, iciness, gelidity - coldness due to a cold environment
--1 is a kind of coldness, cold, low temperature
- frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
--2 is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright
- chill, shivering - a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
--3 is a kind of symptom
- chill, pall - a sudden numbing dread
--4 is a kind of apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Verb chill has 3 senses
- chill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
--1 is one way to depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
Sample sentence:
The bad news will chill him
- cool, chill, cool down - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
They chill the water
- cool, chill, cool down - loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
--3 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
The water chills
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