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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCHILL

overchill  [ˌəʊvəˈtʃɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCHILL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overchill is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overchill in English.

WHAT DOES OVERCHILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overchill in the English dictionary

The definition of overchill in the dictionary is make too cold.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERCHILL

PRESENT

Present
I overchill
you overchill
he/she/it overchills
we overchill
you overchill
they overchill
Present continuous
I am overchilling
you are overchilling
he/she/it is overchilling
we are overchilling
you are overchilling
they are overchilling
Present perfect
I have overchilled
you have overchilled
he/she/it has overchilled
we have overchilled
you have overchilled
they have overchilled
Present perfect continuous
I have been overchilling
you have been overchilling
he/she/it has been overchilling
we have been overchilling
you have been overchilling
they have been overchilling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overchilled
you overchilled
he/she/it overchilled
we overchilled
you overchilled
they overchilled
Past continuous
I was overchilling
you were overchilling
he/she/it was overchilling
we were overchilling
you were overchilling
they were overchilling
Past perfect
I had overchilled
you had overchilled
he/she/it had overchilled
we had overchilled
you had overchilled
they had overchilled
Past perfect continuous
I had been overchilling
you had been overchilling
he/she/it had been overchilling
we had been overchilling
you had been overchilling
they had been overchilling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overchill
you will overchill
he/she/it will overchill
we will overchill
you will overchill
they will overchill
Future continuous
I will be overchilling
you will be overchilling
he/she/it will be overchilling
we will be overchilling
you will be overchilling
they will be overchilling
Future perfect
I will have overchilled
you will have overchilled
he/she/it will have overchilled
we will have overchilled
you will have overchilled
they will have overchilled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overchilling
you will have been overchilling
he/she/it will have been overchilling
we will have been overchilling
you will have been overchilling
they will have been overchilling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overchill
you would overchill
he/she/it would overchill
we would overchill
you would overchill
they would overchill
Conditional continuous
I would be overchilling
you would be overchilling
he/she/it would be overchilling
we would be overchilling
you would be overchilling
they would be overchilling
Conditional perfect
I would have overchill
you would have overchill
he/she/it would have overchill
we would have overchill
you would have overchill
they would have overchill
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overchilling
you would have been overchilling
he/she/it would have been overchilling
we would have been overchilling
you would have been overchilling
they would have been overchilling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overchill
we let´s overchill
you overchill
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overchill
Past participle
overchilled
Present Participle
overchilling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERCHILL


archil
ˈɑːtʃɪl
chill
tʃɪl
Churchill
ˈtʃɜːtʃɪl
prechill
priːˈtʃɪl
shill
ʃɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCHILL

overcaught
overcautious
overcautiously
overcautiousness
overcentralise
overcentralize
overcharge
overcharging
overcheap
overcheck
overcivil
overcivilised
overcivilized
overclad
overclaim
overclass
overclean
overclear
overclock
overclocker

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCHILL

ant hill
Bexhill
bunny hill
Carrantuohill
cook-chill
downhill
dunghill
Edgehill
foothill
go downhill
hill
make a mountain out of a molehill
molehill
over the hill
sandhill
sidehill
thill
Thornhill
uphill
wind-chill

Synonyms and antonyms of overchill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overchill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCHILL

Find out the translation of overchill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overchill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overchill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overchill
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overchill
570 millions of speakers

English

overchill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overchill
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

overchill
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overchill
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overchill
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overchill
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overchill
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelan kendalian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overchill
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overchill
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overchill
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overchill
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overchill
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overchill
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरचिल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overchill
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overchill
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overchill
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overchill
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

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30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overchill
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overchill
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overchill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overchill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overchill

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCHILL»

The term «overchill» is normally little used and occupies the 147.611 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCHILL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overchill» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overchill» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overchill

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCHILL»

Discover the use of overchill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overchill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mammoths: Ice-Age Giants
THE OVERCHILL THEORY If humans didn't wipe out the mammoths, what did? Some scientists blame a natural climatic event. "Overchill" is a popular and catchy term to describe this theory, but unfortunately it is also inaccurate. Although the ...
Larry D. Agenbroad, Lisa W. Nelson, 2002
2
Mammoth: The Resurrection of an Ice Age Giant
To make their argument more persuasive, overchill adherents need more specimens of frozen mammoths or mammoth bones indicating that the animals were suffering from malnutrition or attaining shorter statures at the end of the Great Ice ...
Richard Stone, 2002
3
Popular Science
So the candy warehouse, like many places where dry ness is critical, used an oversized air conditioner to overchill the air and condense out more moisture. Then the air was reheated with electric-resistance elements. Both steps take energy.
4
First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America
Even so, the sudden polar freeze of the Younger Dryas is blamed for the “ fragmentation of Clovis culture” and even the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna: it wasn't Pleistocene Overkill. It was Pleistocene Overchill. Or not. Regardless, the ...
David J. Meltzer, 2009
5
Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the ...
He faces squarely "overchill" and "overill," the alternative hypotheses that climate or disease killed off the Pleistocene megafauna, and he candidly confronts charges that the overkill theory reflects cultural insensitivity. Twilight of the Mammoths ...
Paul Schultz Martin, 2005
6
The Big Empty: Contemporary Nebraska Nonfiction Writers
in a continuum between two sides known as the “overkill” and “overchill” advocates. The overkill theorists, led by Paul S. Martin, generally speculate that the beginning of the end for most of the megafauna occurred with the arrival of humans ...
Ladette Randolph, Nina Shevchuk-Murray, 2007
7
Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological ...
“Overkill,” rather than “overchill,” he declared, explained the missing megafauna. “My own hypothesis is that man, and man alone, was responsible for the unique wave of Late Pleistocene extinction.” And so the big gentle man with the impish ...
William Stolzenburg, 2011
8
A Taste For Wine: 20 key tastings to unlock your personal ...
... them—cool them gently down to “cellar temperature' to bring out their fruit character. ” (don't forget it, whatever you do!), or in an ice bucket, will be ample. Make sure that you don't overchill the wine, as this will kill its flavor and aromas.
Vincent Gasnier, 2006
9
War & the Noble Savage
Gyrus. Whitehead, Neil l. (eds.). War in the Tribal Zone: Expanding States and Indigenous Warfare. Santa fe, Nm: School of american research Press, 1992. godesky, Jason. 'overkill, overchill and human Nature'.
Gyrus
10
Frozen in Time: The Woolly Mammoth, The Ice Age, and The Bible
The Woolly Mammoth, The Ice Age, and The Bible Michael Oard. There are two main hypotheses in vogue today to account for these extinctions at the end of the Ice Age: (1) either they died because of the climate change, the overchill ...
Michael Oard, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCHILL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overchill is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nellcôte Caters to Carb Cravings, But The Coffee's Weak
The whole experience was so chill it bordered on overchill—we would have appreciated our server taking a stronger stance when debating ... «Chicagomag.com, Apr 15»
2
What doomed the American mastodon? Was it over overkill or …
... 10,000 years ago, study authors say the mastodon's disappearance from the Arctic and subarctic was a matter of "overchill," and not overkill. «Los Angeles Times, Dec 14»
3
South America's fountain of value
Don't overchill. Amalaya Torrontés Riesling 2012, Salta, Argentina ($10.95). This is a complex aromatic white from the Salta region, in northern ... «National Post, Mar 14»
4
Shop for value with Steve's Top 50 at the LCBO
... and a little bitter with very good length. Try with white meats, creamy cheeses and seafood. Don't overchill or you might miss the good stuff. «National Post, Mar 14»
5
New Vintages and New Values: Steve Thurlow's Top 50 at the LCBO
Don't overchill, otherwise you might miss some good stuff. Try as an aperitif with pastry nibbles. There are currently over 2000 bottles in stock. «National Post, Jan 14»
6
Chilean wines dominate Steve Thurlow's Top 50 at the LCBO
Try with white meats, creamy cheeses and seafood. Don't overchill. Santa Carolina Chardonnay Reserva 2012. Top 50 Value Wines at LCBO. «National Post, Sep 13»
7
Why we need to invent new words
Overchill verb To use modern air-conditioning systems to excess, especially in offices: Yes, I know it's August and I'm wearing a cardigan, but ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»
8
Tips for Open That Bottle Night
Both reds and whites are often better closer to cellar temperature (around 55 degrees) than today's room temperature. Don't overchill the white, ... «Palate Pres, Feb 13»
9
Steve's go-to six from the LCBO's Top 50 value wines: December 2012
Don't overchill. Party Wines. We all need to have wines in stock at this time of the year for when guests drop in for a drink and a nibble, or for ... «National Post, Dec 12»
10
Holiday Gifts for Chilling Out
It's ideal for white wines and cocktails, but will overchill a glass of red. At first glance, the steel sphere can be intimidating—chipped teeth ... «Wine Spectator, Dec 12»

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