Quake

[kweɪk] or [kwek]

Definition

(v. i.) To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.

(v. i.) To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.

(v. t.) To cause to quake.

(n.) A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

Inputed by Giles

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Shake, tremble, shudder, quiver.

Checker: Millicent

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Tremble, shake, shudder, vibrate, quiver, quaver

ANT:Stand, rest, root

Checked by Adrienne

Definition

v.i. to tremble esp. with cold or fear: to tremble from want of firmness.—v.t. to cause to tremble:—pr.p. quā′king; pa.t. and pa.p. quāked.—n. a shake: a shudder.—ns. Quā′kiness; Quā′king; Quā′king-grass a native grass of the genus Briza so called from the tremulous motion of its spikelets.—adv. Quā′kingly.—adj. Quā′ky shaky.

Edited by Georgina