What does chill mean?
Definitions for chill
tʃɪlchill
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word chill.
Princeton's WordNet
chill, iciness, geliditynoun
coldness due to a cold environment
frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tinglenoun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
"a frisson of surprise shot through him"
chill, shiveringnoun
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
chill, pallverb
a sudden numbing dread
chillverb
depress or discourage
"The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
cool, chill, cool downverb
make cool or cooler
"Chill the food"
cool, chill, cool downverb
loose heat
"The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
Wiktionary
chillnoun
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
There was a chill in the air.
chillnoun
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.
chillnoun
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.
chillverb
To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
Chill before serving.
chillverb
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
chillverb
To become cold.
In the wind he chilled quickly.
chillverb
To become hard by rapid cooling.
chillverb
To relax, lie back.
chillverb
To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.
Hey, we should chill this weekend.
chillverb
To smoke marijuana.
On Friday night do you wanna chill?
chilladjective
Moderately cold or chilly.
A chill wind was blowing down the street.
chilladjective
Calm, relaxed, easygoing. See also: chill out.
chilladjective
"Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
That new movie was chill, man.
CHILLabbreviation
an acronym for CCITT High Level Language
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CHILLadjective
Etymology: cele, Sax.
And all my plants I save from nightly ill,
Of noisom winds, and blasting vapours chill. John Milton.My heart, and my chill veins, now freezing with despair. Nicholas Rowe, Royal Convert.
Chillnoun
Chilness; cold.
Etymology: from the adjective.
I very well know one to have a sort of chill about his præcordia and head. William Derham, Physico-Theology.
To Chillverb
Etymology: from the adjective.
Age has not yet
So shrunk my sinews, or so chill’d my veins,
But conscious virtue in my breast remains. John Dryden, Aurengzeb.Heat burns his rise, frost chills his setting beams,
And vex the world with opposite extremes. Thomas Creech, Manil.Each changing season does its poison bring;
Rheums chill the winter, agues blast the spring. Matthew Prior.Now no more the drum
Provokes to arms; or trumpet’s clangor shrill
Affrights the wives, or chills the virgin’s blood. Philips.Every thought on God chills the gaiety of his spirits, and awakens terrors, which he cannot bear. John Rogers, Sermons.
The fruits perish on the ground,
Or soon decay, by snows immod’rate chill’d,
By winds are blasted, or by lightning kill’d. Richard Blackmore, Creat.
Wikipedia
CHILL
In computing, CHILL (an acronym for CCITT High Level Language) is a procedural programming language designed for use in telecommunication switches (the hardware used inside telephone exchanges). The language is still used for legacy systems in some telecommunication companies and for signal box programming. The CHILL language is similar in size and complexity to the original Ada language. The first specification of the CHILL language was published in 1980, a few years before Ada. ITU provides a standard CHILL compiler. A free CHILL compiler was bundled with GCC up to version 2.95, however, was removed from later versions. An object-oriented version, called Object CHILL, was developed also.ITU is responsible for the CHILL standard, known as ITU-T Rec. Z.200. The equivalent ISO standard is ISO/IEC 9496:2003. (The text of the two documents is the same). In late 1999 CCITT stopped maintaining the CHILL standard. CHILL was used in systems of Alcatel System 12 and Siemens EWSD, for example.
ChatGPT
chill
1. In terms of temperature, "chill" refers to a coldness or a moderately cold sensation or condition. It can also be the action of making something cold. 2. In informal contexts, "chill" can refer to the act of being relaxed or stress-free, or engaging in leisurely, relaxed activities. 3. The term "chill" can also refer to a strange or scary feeling of fear or discomfort. 4. In terms of a person's demeanor, to be "chill" means to be calm, cool, or not easily upset or excited.
Webster Dictionary
Chillnoun
a moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering
Chillnoun
a sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever
Chillnoun
a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly
Chillnoun
an iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it
Chillnoun
the hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel
Chilladjective
moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw
Chilladjective
affected by cold
Chilladjective
characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception
Chilladjective
discouraging; depressing; dispiriting
Chillverb
to strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold
Chillverb
to check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage
Chillverb
to produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron
Chillverb
to become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others
Etymology: [AS. cele, cyle, from the same root as celan, calan, to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness, Sw. kyla to chill, and E. cool. See Cold, and cf. Cool.]
Wikidata
CHILL
In computing, CHILL is a procedural programming language designed for use in telecommunication switches. The language is still used for legacy systems in some telecommunication companies and for signal box programming. The CHILL language is similar in size and complexity to the Ada language. The first specification of the CHILL language was published in 1980, a few years before Ada. ITU provides a standard CHILL compiler. A free CHILL compiler was bundled with GCC up to version 2.95, however, was removed from later versions. An object-oriented version, called Object CHILL, was developed also. ITU is responsible for the CHILL standard, known as ITU-T Rec. Z.200. The equivalent ISO standard is ISO/IEC 9496:2003.. In late 1999 CCITT stopped maintaining the CHILL standard.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chill
chil, n. coldness: a cold that causes shivering: anything that damps or disheartens.—adj. shivering with cold: slightly cold: opposite of cordial.—v.i. to grow cold.—v.t. to make chill or cold: to blast with cold: to discourage.—adj. Chilled, made cold: hardened by chilling, as iron.—n. Chill′iness.—adj. Chill′ing, cooling, cold.—n. Chill′ness.—adj. Chilly, that chills: somewhat chill.—Take the chill off, to give a slight heat: to make lukewarm. [A.S. cele, ciele, cold. See Cold, Cool.]
Rap Dictionary
chillnoun
Relax. "Why don't you just chill" -- L.L. Cool J. (Eat em up L chill).
chillnoun
Mellow.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CHILL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chill is ranked #36286 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Chill surname appeared 617 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chill.
87.3% or 539 total occurrences were White.
4.8% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.2% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chill in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of chill in a Sentence
I think that to be fair, first let’s be chill about it. Like Noah is a kid, but, I don’t even know how old he is, but he’s not even over – like there’s no way he’s over 21, but when you’re that young, you make mistakes.
The country was full of angst. The country was full of turmoil. The country was full of fear. The country was full of anger. And we needed to be calmed down. We needed to chill.
If we can all just chill out for the next two to three weeks, consistent with the mask mandate, we are undermining our ability to start school and keep businesses open because we want to have dinner with our friends who come in from out of town.
This has already resulted in regulatory chill in other countries, preventing tobacco legislation that would have saved lives.
Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.
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Translations for chill
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- قشعريرةArabic
- хлад, студен, мраз, закалявам, хладен, охладнявам, охлаждам, закалявам сеBulgarian
- chilleDanish
- Kühle, kühler, Frost, abschrecken, chillen, kühlen, relaxen, Kälte, abkühlen, Schauer, KälteschauerGerman
- malvarmumiEsperanto
- frío, fresco, enfriarSpanish
- چاییدنPersian
- viileys, karkaista, puistatus, väristys, kylmät väreet, jäähtyä, viileä, kylmentyä, jäähdyttää, ottaa rennosti, viilentää, karkaistuaFinnish
- fraicheur, froid, frisson, se relaxerFrench
- fuaraichScottish Gaelic
- צינה, קרירה, קרירות, קרירHebrew
- dinginIndonesian
- raffreddarsi, calmarsi, fresco, brivido di freddo, frescura, freddezza, raffreddamento, rilassarsi, raffreddare, brivido, gelo, freddoItalian
- לְצַנֵןHebrew
- 寒気Japanese
- 냉기Korean
- chillenDutch
- avkjøle, kjølne, chilleNorwegian
- hakʼazNavajo, Navaho
- дрожь, озноб, холод, прохлада, морозRussian
- เย็นThai
- ציטערYiddish
- 寒意Chinese
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