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A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
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There was a chill in the air.
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A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
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Close the window or you'll catch a chill. I felt a chill when the wind picked up.
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An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
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Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene. The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience. His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.
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An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
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The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
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A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
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Calmness; equanimity.
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A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.