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chill (iou)



chill verb. LME.
[Prob. from the noun.]
I.
verb intrans. Become cold. LME.
Defoe My very blood chills at the mention of the name of Newgate.
b. Be seized with a sudden chill. M19.
c. Foll. by out: calm down, relax. slang (chiefly US). L20.
verb intrans. Shiver with cold. LME-L16.
verb trans. Make cold; affect injuriously with cold. LME.
Dryden Ev'ry Lady's Blood with Fear was chill'd.
b. Deaden or destroy with cold. E18.
verb trans. fig. Affect as with cold; depress; deject, dispirit. LME.
spine-chilling.
H. Keller Even now the thought of those dreadful days chills my heart.
verb trans. Cool and harden (molten metal) by contact with cold metal, or by casting in a metal mould. M19.
verb trans. Give a cloud or bloom to (a surface) by cold, condensation, etc. M19.
verb trans. Subject (food, esp. meat, etc.) to a low but not freezing temperature, esp. to preserve it. L19.
B. Spock You boil your milk..cool it, then chill it in the refrigerator.
II.
verb trans. & intrans. Warm slightly; raise or rise to temperate heat. dial. E19.
Dickens A pint pot, the contents of which were 'chilling' on the hob.
III. slang (orig. US).
verb intrans. Freq. with out. Calm down, relax, take it easy. Freq. as interjection. L20.
Q. Tarantino Tell her to chill. C. Wilkins Then Frank said, softly, 'Hey, Elliot, chill out, okay?'
b. Pass time idly; hang around, esp. with other members of a group. L20.
B. Cross Bored as hell.., so I went to a place where the homeboys chill.
Comb.: chill-cast verb rapidly solidify (cast iron or other metal) by contact with a cooled metal mould or other cold surface in order to produce a hard, dense surface; chill-out adjective (colloq.) intended to induce or enhance a relaxed mood, esp. denoting a room in a nightclub in which dancers may relax and where quiet or ambient music is played.
chiller noun a person who or thing which chills (spine-chiller: see SPINE noun) L18.
chillingly adverb in a chilling manner L16.