SHIVER
\ʃˈɪvə], \ʃˈɪvə], \ʃ_ˈɪ_v_ə]\
Definitions of SHIVER
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement
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tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
By Princeton University
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A thin slice; a shive.
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A variety of blue slate.
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A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
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A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
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A spindle.
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To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
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To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
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To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
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To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
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The act of shivering or trembling.
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One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; - generally used in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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A thin slice; a shive.
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A variety of blue slate.
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A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
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A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
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A spindle.
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To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
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To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
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To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
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To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
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The act of shivering or trembling.
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One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; - generally used in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
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To shake or tremble, as from cold or fright; to b eak into fragments; shatter.
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The act of trembling or shaking from cold, etc.; a fragment splintered off.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A splinter, or small piece into which a thing breaks by sudden violence.
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To shatter.
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To fall into shivers.
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To shake or tremble: to shudder.
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To cause to shake in the wind, as sails.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To break suddenly into fragments; shatter.
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A splinter; sliver.
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To tremble, as with cold or fear; shake; quiver.
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A shivering or quivering from any cause.
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Shivery.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [German] A small piece or fragment into which a thing breaks by sudden violence; —a thin slice;-a species of blue slate; schist; shale;—in nautical language, a small wheel; a sheave.
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n. Act of shivering: a shaking or shuddering caused by cold, pain, fear, or the like; a tremor.
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