Definition of: chill

(chil) noun
1. A sensation of cold, as that which precedes a fever, often with shivering or shaking.
2. disagreeable feeling of coldness.
3. A check to ardor, joy, or the like.
4. Metall. A metal mold so constructed as to cool suddenly the surface of iron cast therein: also called coquille.
—v.t.
1. To reduce to a low temperature.
2. To make chilly; seize with a chill.
3. To discourage; dispirit; check, as ardor.
4. To harden (metal) by sudden cooling.
—v.i.
5. To become cold.
6. To be stricken with a chill.
7. To harden by sudden cooling, as metal.
—adjective
1. Moderately, unpleasantly, or injuriously cold; chilly.
2. Somewhat affected by cold; feeling cold.
3. Cold in manner or disposition; distant; formal.
4. Dispiriting; discouraging. See synonyms under BLEAK. [OE ciele, cyle]
—chill′ing·ly adverb
—chill′ness noun