chill
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldnessA moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
» I was chilled to the bone.
Der Schreck fuhr mir in die Glieder.
Я продрог до костей.
Я промерз до костей.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
There was a chill in the air.
морозmoroz
(countable, uncountable)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.
Close the window or you'll catch a chill.
I felt a chill when the wind picked up.
Kälte, Frost, Kühle
хо́лодxólod, прохла́даproxláda, озно́бoznób
(countable, uncountable)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.
Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.
The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.
Schauer, Kälteschauer
моро́зmoróz, дрожьdrožʹ
a sudden numbing dread
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
(countable, uncountable)A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
(countable, uncountable)Calmness; equanimity.
(countable, uncountable)A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
(countable, uncountable)A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.
(Cornwall, obsolete)A kind of lamp that burns fish oil.
Examples
283 sentencesI was chilled to the bone.
ruЯ продрог до костей.
deDer Schreck fuhr mir in die Glieder.
A chill ran down my spine.
That was a bone-chilling experience.
I want to chill the wine more.
deIch möchte den Wein besser kühlen.
I need to find people to chill with.
deIch muss Leute finden, mit denen ich chillen kann.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from PrFrom Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Closely related with Dutch kil. Also akin to cool, cold, gel, and congeal, which see.
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Forms
plural: chillsSynonyms
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