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chill
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[ noun ] coldness due to a cold environment
Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)It would take the chill from the shelter in the beginning . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)Beaten with fear and sound and wet and chill , they crawled to the hurricane_deck and looked out haggardly at a world of water that reached clear to the surrounding hills . |
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[ verb ] depress or discourage
Examples "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)The gentle whir of each footstep left him more naked than before , until he felt his unprotected flesh tremble , chilled by each new sound . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Instantly , he chilled . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
Examples "a frisson of surprise shot through him" Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)`` We 've got to eat '' , Sarah said , curtly , because a chill crawled over her again . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)You laughed and then your chest swelled and you felt you could cry for a little bit , and then a feeling hit you like a chill in your stomach and the goose_bumps rippled along your arm . |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
Synonyms Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)He loathed the idea of drying_up swamps or the chills of malaria or of leaving his natural birthright . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17831
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