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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /tʃɪl/

Definition 1:
• Moderately cold or chilly.
Example: A chill wind was blowing down the street.

Definition 2:
• Unwelcoming; not cordial.
Example: Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.

Definition 3:
• Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
Example: The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.
Example: Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: laid-back, unconcerned, airy, at ease, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, indifferent, insouciant, leisurely, lighthearted, loose, mellow, offhand, nonchalant, pococurante, relaxed, serene, solute, tranquil, unanxious, unbothered, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, unworried, wanton
Labels: slang

Definition 4:
• "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
Example: That new movie was chill, man.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: cool
Labels: slang

Definition 5:
• Okay, not a problem.
Example: Sorry about that. —It's chill.
Labels: slang
Contraction

Definition 1:
• I will
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: I'll
Labels: West-Country, contraction, obsolete
Name

Definition 1:
• Acronym of CCITT High Level Language.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Definition 2:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /tʃɪl/

Definition 1:
• A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
Example: There was a chill in the air.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• 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.
Example: I felt a chill when the wind picked up.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• 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.
Example: The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.
Example: His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• 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.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• Calmness; equanimity.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.
Labels: countable, uncountable
Noun

Definition 1:
• A kind of lamp that burns fish oil.
Labels: Cornwall, obsolete
Verb

Definition 1:
• To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
Example: Chill before serving.
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To become cold.
Example: In the wind he chilled quickly.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 3:
• To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
Labels: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, transitive

Definition 4:
• To become hard by rapid cooling.
Labels: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, intransitive

Definition 5:
• To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
Example: Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.
Example: The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.
Labels: intransitive, slang

Definition 6:
• To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
Example: Hey, we should chill this weekend.
Example: He likes to chill with his friends on Saturdays.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: chill out
Labels: intransitive, slang

Definition 7:
• To smoke marijuana.
Example: On Friday night do you wanna chill?
Labels: intransitive, slang

Definition 8:
• To discourage, depress.
Example: Censorship chills public discourse.
Labels: figuratively, transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chill