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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a shaky motion;
- Example: "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
[syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation]

2. the act of vibrating;
[syn: vibration, quiver, quivering]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered (kw[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.] [Cf. Quaver.] To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. [1913 Webster] The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak. [1913 Webster] And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

quivering n 1: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation] 2: the act of vibrating [syn: vibration, quiver, quivering]