chill / chil/ • n. [in sing.] a moderate but unpleasant coldness: there was a chill in the air. ∎  (often chills) a lowered body temperature, often accompanied by shivering. ∎  a feverish cold. ∎ fig. a coldness of manner: the sudden chill in China's relations with the West. ∎ fig. a depressing influence: his statements have cast a chill over this whole country. ∎  a sudden and powerful unpleasant feeling, esp. of fear: his words sent a chill of apprehension down my spine. ∎  a metal mold or part of a mold, often cooled, designed to ensure rapid or even cooling of metal during casting.• v. [tr.] 1. (often be chilled) make (someone) cold: I'm chilled to the bone. ∎  cool (food or drink) in a refrigerator.2. (often be chilled) horrify or frighten (someone): the city was chilled by the violence.3. (also chill out) [intr.] inf. calm down and relax. ∎  pass time without a particular aim or purpose, esp. with other people: we had a week at home and we chilled out.• adj. chilly: the chill gray dawn | fig. the chill winds of public censure. PHRASES: take the chill off warm slightly.DERIVATIVES: chill·ing·ly adv.chill·ness n.chill·some / -səm/ adj. ( poetic/lit. ).

CHILL Acronym for CCITT high-level language. A programming language developed by CCITT and adopted as the standard language for the programming of computer-based telecommunication systems and computer-controlled telephone exchanges. CHILL is a real-time language, bearing a substantial resemblance to Ada.

chill sb., adj., and vb. The earliest member of this group is the vb. (‘grow cold’), which appears in late XIV. Its orig. is obscure; in the pp. †child it may repr. an OE. *ċieldan, *ċildan (:- Gmc. *kalþjan, f. *kalþaz COLD). The adj. chill (XVI) may be an alt. of †child on the analogy of cool, cold; the sb. chill (XVII) is f. the vb.
Hence chilly XVI; see -Y 1.

CHILL (tʃɪl) Computing CCITT high-level language