CHILI, adjective 1. Cool; moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; as the chill vapors of night. 2. Shivering with cold. My chill veins freeze with despair. 3. Cool; distant; formal; dull; not warm, animated or affectionate; as a chill reception. 4. Depressed; dispirited; dejected; discouraged. CHILL, verb transitive 1. To cause a shivering, or shrinking of the skin; to check circulation or motion; as, to chill the blood, or the veins. The force of this word lies in expressing the shivering and shrinking caused by cold. 2. To make cold, or cool; as, the evening air chills the earth. 3. To blast with cold; to check the circulation in plants, and stop their growth. 4. To check motion, life or action; to depress; to deject; to discourage; as, to chill the gayety of the spirits.
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