Chill

  • 11chill — vt: to discourage esp. through fear of penalty: have a chilling effect on statutes which may chill the exercise of...free expression M. H. Redish Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. chi …

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  • 12chill — [adj1] cold, raw arctic, biting, bleak, brisk, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, sharp, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, warm chill [adj2] unfriendly, aloof cool, depressing, discouraging, dismal, dispiriting,… …

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  • 13Chill — Chill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chilled} (ch[i^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chilling}.] 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. [1913 Webster] When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To check… …

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  • 14Chill — Chill, v. i. (Metal.) To become surface hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15chill — (n.) O.E. ciele, cele cold, coolness, chill, frost, from P.Gmc. *kal to be cold, from PIE root *gel cold (see COLD (Cf. cold)). The verb (both literal and figurative) is 14c., from the noun. Related: Chilled; chilling. Meaning hang out first… …

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  • 16chill — [chil] n. [ME chile < OE ciele, coldness < Gmc * kal , to be cold < IE base * gel , cold > L gel in gelidus, icy] 1. a feeling of coldness that makes one shiver; uncomfortable coolness 2. a moderate coldness 3. a damper on enthusiasm; …

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  • 17chill — ► NOUN 1) an unpleasant feeling of coldness. 2) a feverish cold. ► VERB 1) make cold. 2) horrify or frighten. 3) (usu. chill out) informal calm down and relax. ► …

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  • 18Chill — Chill. См. Холодильник в литейной форме. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 19CHILL —   [tʃɪl, Abkürzung für englisch CCITT high level language], Informatik: vom CCITT ausgearbeitete und empfohlene problemorientierte Programmiersprache für Kommunikationssysteme, besonders zur Formulierung von Steuerungsaufgaben bei Vermittl …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 20chill|er — «CHIHL uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that chills: »The north wind was a chiller yesterday. 2. Figurative. a suspense or horror story or motion picture: »This English chiller…is simply too flagrant to be really horrid (Newsweek) …

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