Word Meanings - CHILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever. 3. A check

Additional info about word: CHILL

A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever. 3. A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assemblly. 4. An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. Raymond. 5. The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever, fever and ague. (more info) to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness, Sw. kyla to chill, and E. 1. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. " wintry chill." W. Irving.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CHILL)

• Raw
• Uncooked
• unprepared
• unfinished
• unripe
• crude
• unseasoned
• inexperienced
• fresh
• green
• unpractised
• untried
• bare
• bald
• exposed
• galled
• chill
• bleak
• piercing

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