chill

Noun
  1. Coldness due to a cold environment (synset 105022647)
    hypernym: cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature - the absence of heat
    synonym: gelidity, iciness
  2. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright (synset 107535351)
    "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
    hypernym: fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
    synonym: frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
  3. A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever (synset 114363692)
    hypernym: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
    synonym: shivering
  4. A sudden numbing dread (synset 107552647)
    hypernym: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation
    synonym: pall
Verb
  1. Depress or discourage (synset 201822939)
    "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
    hypernym: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
  2. Make cool or cooler (synset 200371065)
    "Chill the food"
    cause: chill, cool, cool down - loose heat
    hypernym: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    hyponym:
    • quench - cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
    • ice - put ice on or put on ice
    • refrigerate - cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator
    synonym: cool, cool down
  3. Loose heat (synset 200370517)
    "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
    hypernym: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
    synonym: cool, cool down

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