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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever;
[syn: chill, shivering]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze;
- Example: "a quaking bog"
- Example: "the quaking child asked for more"
- Example: "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"
- Example: "with shaking knees"
- Example: "seemed shaky on her feet"
- Example: "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"
- Example: "trembling hands"
[syn: shaky, shivering, trembling]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.] To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet. [1913 Webster] All the ground With shivered armor strown. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shivering adj 1: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" [syn: shaky, shivering, trembling] n 1: a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever [syn: chill, shivering]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "shivering": ache, aching, agitated, ague, aguey, aguish, algid, all shook up, all-overish, aspen, blue with cold, bumpiness, chattering, chilblains, chill, chilliness, chilling, chilly, chorea, cold, cold creeps, cold shivers, cool, creeps, cryopathy, dithers, dithery, duck bumps, fidgeting, fidgety, fits and starts, fluttery, frostbite, frozen, frozen to death, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, half-frozen, horripilation, in a quiver, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness, jittery, joltiness, jumpy, kibe, palsied, palsy, quaking, quavering, quavery, quivering, quivery, shakes, shaking, shaky, shivers, shivery, shook up, shuddering, skittery, spasms, succussatory, succussion, succussive, trembling, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, tremulousness, twitchy, twittery, vibrating, vibration, with chattering teeth, wobbly