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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.
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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]