Толковый словарь английского языка - chill
Chill
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
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n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a an unpleasant cold sensation; lowered body temperature. b a feverish cold (catch a chill). 2 unpleasant coldness (of air, water, etc.). 3 a a depressing influence (cast a chill over). b a feeling of fear or dread accompanied by coldness. 4 coldness of manner. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become cold. 2 tr. depress, dispirit. 3 tr. cool (food or drink); preserve by cooling. 4 tr. harden (molten metal) by contact with cold material. --adj. literary chilly. Phrases and idioms take the chill off warm slightly. Derivatives chiller n. chillingly adv. chillness n. chillsome adj. literary. Etymology: OE cele, ciele, etc.: in mod. use the verb is the oldest (ME), and is of obscure orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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