chill
Moderately cold or chillyModerately cold or chilly.
» I was chilled to the bone.
Der Schreck fuhr mir in die Glieder. — al_ex_an_der
Я продрог до костей. — Balamax
Я промерз до костей. — Lenin_1917
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5 sensesModerately cold or chilly.
A chill wind was blowing down the street.
kühler, kühlen
прохла́дныйproxládnyj
Unwelcoming; not cordial.
Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.
(slang)Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.
Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.
(slang)"Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
That new movie was chill, man.
(slang)Okay, not a problem.
Sorry about that. —It's chill.
Examples
283 sentencesI was chilled to the bone.
ruЯ продрог до костей. — Balamax
deDer Schreck fuhr mir in die Glieder. — al_ex_an_der
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. — al_ex_an_der
I need to find people to chill with.
deIch muss Leute finden, mit denen ich chillen kann. — Zaghawa
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
more chill, most chill| Comparative | more chill Lesson |
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Synonyms
34 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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