Past tense of chill
regular verb
The past tense of chill is chilled. The past participle is also chilled.
Forms of chill
| Base form (V1) | chill /tʃɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chilled /t͡ʃɪld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | chilled /t͡ʃɪld/ |
| Present participle | chilling /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | chills /t͡ʃɪlz/ |
Chilled in a sentence
- In the wind he chilled quickly.
- The winter wind was so bitter it chilled me to the bone.From the entry to the bone
- The chilled beer was refreshing on the hot day.From the entry chilled
- I was just chilled to the bone.From the entry chill to the bone
- I was chilled to the marrow (of my bones).From the entry to the marrow
Meaning of chill
- noun A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
Questions about the past tense of chill
- What is the past tense of chill?
- The past tense of chill is chilled.
- What is the past participle of chill?
- The past participle of chill is chilled.
- Is chill a regular or irregular verb?
- Chill is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chill (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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