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- [chil]
- /tʃɪl/
- /tʃɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chil]
- /tʃɪl/
Definitions of chill word
- verb chill When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze. 3
- verb chill When cold weather or something cold chills a person or a place, it makes that person or that place feel very cold. 3
- verb chill If you say that something you see, hear, or feel chills you, you mean that it frightens you. 3
- countable noun chill If something sends a chill through you, it gives you a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety. 3
- countable noun chill A chill is a mild illness which can give you a slight fever and headache. 3
- adjective chill Chill weather is cold and unpleasant. 3
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Origin of chill
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English chile, Old English ci(e)le, cele coolness; akin to gelid, cool, cold
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Chill
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chill popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chill usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chill
noun chill
- coldness — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- rawness — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- coolness — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- iciness — in an icy manner: I received him icily because of the harsh way he had treated me.
- sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
verb chill
- refrigerate — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- frost — Robert (Lee) 1874–1963, U.S. poet.
- congeal — When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
adjective chill
- biting — Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
- freezing — (of temperatures) approaching, at, or below the freezing point.
- wintry — of or characteristic of winter: wintry blasts; wintry skies.
- nippy — chilly or cold: morning air that feels a bit nippy.
- chilly — Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.
Antonyms for chill
noun chill
verb chill
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- hearten — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
adjective chill
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- hot — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- heated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
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