Meaning

• A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

  "There was a chill in the air."

• A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

  "Close the window or you'll catch a chill.   I felt a chill when the wind picked up."

• An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.

  "Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.   The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.   His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone."

• An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.

• The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.

• A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.

• Calmness; equanimity.

• A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.

Meaning

• To lower the temperature of something; to cool

  "Chill before serving."

• To become cold

  "In the wind he chilled quickly."

• To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling

• To become hard by rapid cooling

• To relax, lie back

  "Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up."

• To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.

  "Hey, we should chill this weekend."

• To smoke marijuana

  "On Friday night do you wanna chill?"

• To discourage, depress

  "Censorship chills public discourse."

Meaning

• Moderately cold or chilly.

  "A chill wind was blowing down the street."

• Unwelcoming; not cordial.

  "Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception."

• Calm, relaxed, easygoing.

  "Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain."

• "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.

  "That new movie was chill, man."

• Okay, not a problem.

  ""Sorry about that." "It's chill.""