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chill

/tʃɪl/ sustantivo C1

En español: fresco

  1. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. (countable, uncountable) · There was a chill in the air.
  2. 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. (countable, uncountable) · Close the window or you'll catch a chill.· I felt a chill when the wind picked up.
  3. 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. (countable, uncountable) · Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.· The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.
  4. 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. (countable, uncountable)
  5. The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness. (countable, uncountable)
  7. Calmness; equanimity. (countable, uncountable)
  8. A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire. (countable, uncountable)

Plural chills

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The air had turned chill and we withdrew into the hut for warmth.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 161 · C1
“Well, maybe a wee nip would keep out the raw morning chill.
The Valley of Fear, p. 10 · C1
It is a chill evening, and I do not know how long our expedition may last; so I beg that you will wear your warmest coats.
The Valley of Fear, p. 85 · C1
Spencer, bustling her guests through the hall into the parlor, where a deadly chill struck on them as if the air had been strained so long through dark green, closely drawn blinds that it had lost every particle of warmth it had ever possessed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 57 · C1

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