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chill
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- pronunciation:
- chIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a feeling of cold and shaking in the body caused by a low temperature.
She got a chill when she walked out the door without her coat on.- antonyms:
- fever
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definition 2: |
a sudden, cold feeling caused by fear.
That scary part of the movie gave me a chill. |
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part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
chills, chilling, chilled |
definition: |
to cause to become cold or colder.
She chilled the bottles of water.- synonyms:
- cool, ice
- antonyms:
- warm
- similar words:
- freeze, refrigerate
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related words: |
scare |
derivations: |
chilled (adj.), chilling (adj.), chillingly (adv.), chillness (n.) |
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