chill
To rest or be calm and not worry.
To spend time in a calm and relaxed way, without stress or excitement.
A sudden feeling of cold.
A feeling of coldness, often sudden or unpleasant.
To stop being angry or worried and be calm again.
To become less angry, upset, or tense; to calm down.
When you feel very cold and shake because you are sick.
A feeling of coldness with shivering, often caused by illness or fever.
Being calm and not getting angry or stressed easily.
Describes a person or situation that is calm, relaxed, and not easily upset.
To make something cold.
To make something cold, often by putting it in a refrigerator or ice.
- Base: chill
- Base: chill
- Plural: chills
- Base: chill
- 3rd Person Singular: chills
- Present Participle: chilling
- Past: chilled
catch a chill
1Get sick due to cold weather exposure
To become sick because you were outside in the cold too long.
- Wear your coat—you don’t want to catch a chill.
- She caught a chill after walking home in the rain.
chill out
1Relax or calm down completely
To relax and stop being angry, worried, or busy.
- You need to just chill out after that long meeting.
- Let's chill out at home tonight instead of going out.
give someone chills
1Cause shivering from fear or excitement
To make someone feel sudden fear or excitement that makes them shake slightly.
- That horror movie gave me chills.
- Her singing always gives me chills.
send shivers/chills down someone's spine
1Cause intense fear or excitement physically felt along spine
To cause someone to feel very afraid or excited, often physically along their back.
- His voice sent chills down my spine.
- The news sent shivers down her spine.
take a chill pill
1Calm down when overly excited or upset
Used to tell someone to relax when they are too angry or excited.
- Take a chill pill—you’re overreacting!
- He needs to take a chill pill and think clearly.