German Meaning of chill

chill, cool

Other German words related to chill, cool

Definitions and Meaning of chill in English

Wordnet

chill (n)

coldness due to a cold environment

an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

a sudden numbing dread

Wordnet

chill (v)

depress or discourage

make cool or cooler

loose heat

Webster

chill (n.)

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

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.

A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly.

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.

The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel.

Webster

chill (a.)

Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.

Affected by cold.

Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.

Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.

Webster

chill (v. t.)

To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.

To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.

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.

Webster

chill (v. i.)

To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

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