LekhoriLekhoriA moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
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.
Close the window or you'll catch a chill.
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.
Moderately cold or chilly.
A chill wind was blowing down the street.
To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
Chill before serving.
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A surname.
From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Closely re...
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Unwelcoming; not cordial.
Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.
Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.
To become cold.
In the wind he chilled quickly.
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.