As a Noun: 1. A feverish cold feeling because you are ill. English = chill, chills. 2. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. Of the weather or the temperature, to be cold and unpleasant. English = chilly. 2. To make the temperature of something much lower and cold without freezing it. English = chill. 3. To shake because your body is cold. English = shiver. 4. To have a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable; [specially with stress] to have an extremely low temperature. English = (be) cold, (be) chilly; (be) freezing.