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Meaning of chill

noun

A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. Example: There was a chill in the air.
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. I felt a chill when the wind picked up.
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. The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience. His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.
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.
The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.

verb

To lower the temperature of something; to cool Example: Chill before serving.
To become cold Example: In the wind he chilled quickly.
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling
To become hard by rapid cooling
To relax, lie back Example: Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.

adjective

Moderately cold or chilly. Example: A chill wind was blowing down the street.
Unwelcoming; not cordial. Example: Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.
Calm, relaxed, easygoing. Example: Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.
"Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group. Example: That new movie was chill, man.
Okay, not a problem. Example: "Sorry about that." "It's chill."

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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