shiver
[verb]
Synonyms:
- tremble, quake, quiver, shake, shudder
[noun]
Synonyms:
- trembling, flutter, quiver, shudder, tremor
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[verb]
splinter, break, crack, fragment, shatter, smash, smash to smithereens

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English Thesaurus: shake, shudder, tremble, shiver, quiver, ...

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I. shiv‧er¹ /ˈʃɪvə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: chiver 'to shiver' (13-16 centuries), perhaps from chavel 'to talk without purpose, chatter' (13-14 centuries), from Old English ceafl 'jaw']
to shake slightly because you are cold or frightened Synonym : tremble:
Jake stood shivering in the cold air.
shiver with cold/fear/delight etc
She shivered with fear and anger.

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II. shiver² noun [countable]

1. a slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear Synonym : tremble:
A shiver ran through (=went through) me.
shiver of
She felt a shiver of apprehension.

2. give you the shivers informal to make you feel afraid
⇒ send shivers (up and) down your spine at send(10)

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shiver
noun
ADJ. little, slight, small | involuntary | sudden, unexpected | cold | delicious a delicious shiver of pleasure
VERB + SHIVER give She gave a little shiver and laughed.
feel He felt a shiver of excitement.
send His appearance sent a cold shiver down her spine.
suppress She tried to suppress a shiver of anticipation.
SHIVER + VERB go, pass, ripple, run A shiver of unease ran through the audience.
PREP. with a ~ ‘I'm scared, ’ she admitted, with a shiver.
~ of a shiver of fear
PHRASES give sb the shivers Just thinking about flying gives me the shivers.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

shiver
verb
ADV. convulsively, uncontrollably, violently | a little, slightly | involuntarily She shivered involuntarily as he approached her.
VERB + SHIVER begin to, start to | make sb His cruel and callous comments made me shiver.
PREP. at He shivered at the thought of it.
with I was shivering with cold.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

shake if a person or part of their body shakes, they make small sudden continuous movements from side to side or up and down, especially because they are very frightened, cold, ill etc:
Suddenly he started to shake. ‘Don’t ever scare me like that again!’ he whispered.
The poor girl was shaking.
shudder to shake for a short time, especially because you think of something very unpleasant, or because you feel frightened or cold:
Corbett shuddered when he thought of what might have happened to them.
I shuddered when I read the article.
He was still shuddering with the cold.
She clung to him, shuddering with emotion.
tremble to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are frightened, worried, or angry:
Ernest opened the letter in silence, his hands trembling.
Her whole body trembled with fear.
He hadn’t dared to move. He was trembling with shock.
‘I won’t be coming back,’ she said, her body trembling with anger.
shiver to shake slightly, especially only a few times, because you are cold or frightened:
She shivered, pulling her coat closer around herself.
You make me shiver when you talk like that.
quiver especially literary to shake slightly and continuously because you are very worried or excited – used especially about someone’s lips, mouth, or body:
Her bottom lip began to quiver, and she turned away to hide her tears.
Alice’s eyes began to fill with tears and her mouth quivered. ‘I 'm going away,’ she said.
wobble to move unsteadily from side to side:
Mrs Hamilton wobbled precariously on her high heels.
rock to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side:
He rocked to and fro in his chair.
rattle to shake and make a noise:
The windows rattled in the wind.
The train was rattling over the bridge.
vibrate to shake continuously with small fast movements:
The music was so loud that the whole room vibrated.
The atoms vibrate at different frequencies.

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