Shiver

['ʃɪvə] or ['ʃɪvɚ]

Definition

(verb.) shake, as from cold; 'The children are shivering--turn on the heat!'.

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Definition

(n.) One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

(n.) A thin slice; a shive.

(n.) A variety of blue slate.

(n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

(n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

(n.) A spindle.

(v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

(v. i.) To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

(v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

(v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

(n.) The act of shivering or trembling.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Shatter, break in pieces, dash to fragments.

v. n. Shudder, quake, tremble.

n. [1]. Fragment, bit, piece.[2]. Slice, sliver.[3]. Tremor.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See PRODIGAL]

SYN:Quake, tremble, vibrate, quiver, shudder

ANT:Hang, stand, stiffen, steady, rigidity

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Definition

n. a splinter or small piece into which a thing breaks by sudden violence.—v.t. to shatter.—v.i. to fall into shivers.—n. Shiv′er-spar a slaty calcite or calcium carbonate.—adj. Shiv′ery brittle.—Shiver my timbers a nautical imprecation.

v.i. to shake or tremble: to shudder.—v.t. to cause to shake in the wind as sails.—n. Shiv′ering.—adv. Shiv′eringly with shivering or trembling.—adj. Shiv′ery inclined to shiver.—The shivers (coll.) the ague chills.

Edited by Barrett