CHILL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English chile ~, frost, from Old English ciele; akin to Old English ceald cold Date: before 12th century 1. a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering, a disagreeable sensation of coldness, a moderate but disagreeable degree of cold, a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling , II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. moderately cold, cold , raw , affected by cold , distant , formal , depressing , dispiriting , ~ness noun III. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to become cold, to shiver or quake with or as if with cold, to become taken with a ~, 3. ~ out , hang 12, transitive verb 1. to make cold or ~y , to make cool especially without freezing , to affect as if with cold ; dispirit , discourage , ~ingly adverb