Chill

What do we mean by chill?

A moderate but penetrating coldness. noun

A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin. noun

A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy. noun

A sudden numbing fear or dread. noun

Moderately cold; chilly. adjective

Not warm and friendly; distant. adjective

Discouraging; dispiriting. adjective

To affect with or as if with cold. intransitive verb

To lower in temperature; cool. intransitive verb

To make discouraged; dispirit. intransitive verb

To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling. intransitive verb

To be seized with cold. intransitive verb

To become cold or set. intransitive verb

To become hard by rapid cooling. intransitive verb

To calm down or relax. Often used with out. intransitive verb

To pass time idly; loiter. Often used with out. intransitive verb

To keep company; see socially. Often used with out. intransitive verb

To be cold; shiver with cold.

To become cold rapidly or suddenly.

A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

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.

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.

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.

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

A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.

Calmness; equanimity.

A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.

Words that are spelled similarly to chill:
chill, child, hill, shill, chili, chile, thill, cill, crill, schill, chilo, chiel, chil, achill, chell, cahill, chila, chirl, chall, cohill, phill, caill.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word chill:
chills, wills, chilled, pdl, reaper, batman, ambient, pill, freeze, pneumonia, lounge, factor, chile, chilean, cooling, temperature, wayne, earthquake, wind, remix, cool, bruce, commune, cold, hop, palm, rob, festival, mix, ice, warning, snow, hip, zone, ultimate, carlos, hockey, weather, horror.

Words that rhyme with chill:
bill, will, mill, still, drill, fulfill, till, hill, spill, shill, skill, fill, goodwill, pill, kill, ill, grill, until, thrill, instill, til, sill, nil, trill, quill, shrill, rill, grille, distill, brazil, mil, gill, daffodil, frill, overkill, twill, tamil, treadmill, swill, brill, dill, landfill, standstill, downhill, krill, uphill, lil, windmill, distil, deville, refill, rille, sil, ghyll, nill, il, ville, phil, bastille, gil, pil, jill, zill, mille, fil, handbill, lille, sawmill, advil, demille, prill, zil, anthill, fille, seville, albertville, good will, thill, foothill, free will, hornbill, crill, fire drill, ill will, dollar bill, bil, schill, cowgill, abril, dphil, stil, true bill, one dollar bill, bougainville, molehill, belleville, overfill, paper mill, mandeville, wil.

Adjectives that are often used to describe chill:
sudden, cold, slight, severe, icy, damp, little, wind, deadly, early, bitter, initial, distinct, violent, strange, deep, sharp, nervous, faint, bad, terrible, penetrating, mortal, wintry, momentary, deathly, congestive, big, hard, definite, feverish, biting, quick, wet, dank, heavy, autumnal, fatal, slightest, eerie, raw, clammy, familiar, numbing, marked, like, inner, arctic, fresh, awful, malarial, ominous, intense, premonitory, unpleasant, lingering, slow, light, peculiar, ague, uncomfortable, dreadful, odd, gray, deeper, perceptible, crisp, unexpected, delicious, frosty, urethral, cool, pleasant, mild, morning, least, curious, involuntary.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective chill:
wind, air, factor, winds, breeze, night, breath, morning, rain, hours, water, room, run, day, dawn, mist, waters, creep, out, light, roll, shot, penury, bumps, evening, blast, darkness, nights, casting, atmosphere, silence, cast, temperatures, shadow, pass, feeling, temperature, rooms, fog, fear, weather, zone, index, winter, hour, dough, dampness, blasts, gloom, spread, haze, fingers, outside, twilight, mould, smile, touch, fever, castings, gust, afternoon, drizzle, damp, horror, pill, surface, sweat, storage, november, voice, rolls, mists, hands, delay, dusk, sky, indifference, embrace, rains, marble, breezes, draught, blows, dew, sensation, blood, dews, shudder, moulds, runs, shadows.

Consonant match to chill:
cheil, chyle, chole, chiel, chul, chell, chole-, chol-.

Words that sound like chill:
chill, chil, cial, chell, chal, chelle, chul, chl, chole, chyle, cheal, cheil, ciol, chaul, jill, shill, jil, shil, schill, schil, ching, shell, chilly, gel, chills, chili, chilled, chilli, chile, chiller, shel, jell, gell, shul, shull, churl, jel, shal, chilla, chich, childe, jal, sial, jol, chillo, jeal, chila, gial, jelle, jeol, juhl, chele, cich, chiloe, schelle, chillar, hsl, szell, kill, hill, jail, jewel, lil, nil, chung, kil, hil, kille, joule, cheng, nill, jowl, cil, jule, jul, jole, lill, cill, giel, lille, juel, joll, gilles, duell, jale, jool, hille, joul, jeel, gyle, jaul, knill, cyl, schaal, jile, schale, lyl, jolle, schal, gyl.