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English Dictionary: quivering by the DICT Development Group
2 results for quivering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quivering
n
  1. a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
    Synonym(s): shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation
  2. the act of vibrating
    Synonym(s): vibration, quiver, quivering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quivered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Quivering}.] [Cf. {Quaver}.]
      To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
      tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
  
               The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.
  
               And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
                                                                              --Addison.
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