chill

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chill/tʃɪl/

▶noun

• 1 an unpleasant feeling of coldness.

• 2 a feverish cold.

• 3 a metal mould designed to aid cooling of metal during casting.

▶verb

• 1 make cold.

  ■ cool (food or drink) in a refrigerator.

• 2 horrify or frighten.

• 3 (usu. chill out) informal calm down and relax.

▶adjective chilly.

– derivatives
chilling adjective,
chillingly adverb,
chillness noun,
chillsome adjective (literary).

– origin OE cele, ciele ‘cold, coldness’, of Gmc origin; rel. to cold.