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chill

(/tS//I/l )

Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.(adjective)

source: webster1913

coldness due to a cold environment(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
gelidity, iciness

source: wordnet30
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle

source: wordnet30
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever(noun.state)

Synonym:
shivering

source: wordnet30
a sudden numbing dread(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
pall

source: wordnet30
A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.(noun)

source: webster1913

depress or discourage(verb.emotion)

Example:
The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers.

source: wordnet30
make cool or cooler(verb.change)

Example:
Chill the food.

Synonym:
cool, cool down
Antonym:
heat, heat up

source: wordnet30
loose heat(verb.change)

Antonym:
heat, heat up, hot up

source: wordnet30
To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.(verb)

source: webster1913

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