chill
n. தணுப்பு, கடுங்குளிருணர்ச்சி, குளிர் நடுக்கம், சன்னி, மிகத்தாழ்ந்த தட்பவெப்ப நிலை, பொறுக்க முடியாத குளிர்நிலை, ஆர்வம் கெடுக்கும் செய்தி, தளர்வூட்டும் ஆற்றல், உணர்ச்சியற்ற நடைப்பாங்கு, அச்சுருப்படிவ வகை, (பெ.) குளிரால் நடுங்குகிற, மிதமான குளிருடைய, குளிர் மிக்க, குளிரால் துன்பம் அளிக்கிற, ஆர்வங்குன்றிய, உணர்ச்சியற்ற, எழுச்சியற்ற, புலனுணர்ச்சி கடந்த, (வி.) கடுங்குளிரூட்டு, உணர்ச்சிகெடு, எழுச்சி அழி, வெறுப்பூட்டு, கடுங்குளிருக்கு ஆளாக்கி அழி.
Chill, n. Etym: [AS. cele, cyle, from the same root as celan, calan, to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness, Sw. kyla to chill, and E. cool. See Cold, and cf. Cool.] 1. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. "[A] wintry chill." W. Irving. 2. (Med.) Defn: 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. Chill, a. 1. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton. 2. Affected by cold. "My veins are chill." Shak. 3. Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception. 4. Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting. Chill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled (chìld); p. pr. & vb. n. Chilling.] 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith. 2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers. 3. (Metal.) Defn: To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron. Chill, v. i. (Metal.) Defn: To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.