chilling

chill

C0294500 (chĭl) n. 1. A moderate but penetrating coldness. 2. A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin. 3. A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy: bad news that put a chill on the celebration. 4. A sudden numbing fear or dread. adj. 1. Moderately cold; chilly: a chill wind. 2. Not warm and friendly; distant: a chill greeting. 3. Discouraging; dispiriting: "Chill penury repressed their noble rage" (Thomas Gray). 4. Slang Calm or relaxed: "As my meditation routine grew more stable...my already laid-back demeanor grew positively chill" (David Gelles). v. chilled, chill·ing, chills v. tr. 1. To affect with or as if with cold. 2. To lower in temperature; cool. 3. To make discouraged; dispirit. 4. Metallurgy To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling. v. intr. 1. To be seized with cold. 2. To become cold or set: jelly that chills quickly. 3. Metallurgy To become hard by rapid cooling. 4. Slang a. To calm down or relax. Often used with out. b. To pass time idly; loiter. c. To spend time with someone in a relaxed manner; hang out together.

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[Middle English chile, from Old English cele; see gel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

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chill′ing·ly adv. chill′ness n.

chilling

The dormant period that some plants need to experience to initiate flowering.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chilling - the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperaturecooling, temperature reductionfreeze, freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solidheat dissipation - dissipation of heatinfrigidation, refrigeration - the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposestemperature change - a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes
Adj.	1.	chilling - provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"scarey, scary, shuddery, shiveryalarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

Translations

Abkühlungkaltπαγερόςagghiacciante