Chill (Noun)
Meaning 1
Coldness due to a cold environment.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- I can feel the chill of the winter air on my skin as I walk outside without a coat.
- The chill of the unheated house made it hard to sleep that night.
- As I waded through the icy stream, the chill of the water numbed my toes.
- After turning off the heater, the chill began to seep into the room.
- The mountain hikers struggled to start a fire to warm up and shake off the chill of the freezing night.
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Meaning 2
An almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
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Meaning 3
A sudden numbing dread.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
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Meaning 4
A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.