[{"word":"chills","phonetic":"/tʃɪlz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/tʃɪlz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There was a chill in the air."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Close the window or you'll catch a chill.   I felt a chill when the wind picked up."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"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."},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Calmness; equanimity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To lower the temperature of something; to cool","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Chill before serving."},{"definition":"To become cold","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In the wind he chilled quickly."},{"definition":"To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To become hard by rapid cooling","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To relax, lie back","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up."},{"definition":"To \"hang\", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Hey, we should chill this weekend."},{"definition":"To smoke marijuana","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"On Friday night do you wanna chill?"},{"definition":"To discourage, depress","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Censorship chills public discourse."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chill","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chills"]}]