chills
/tʃɪlz/noun
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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.
verb
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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
noun
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A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.