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English Dictionary: shivering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shivering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shivering adj 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" Synonym(s): shaky, shivering, trembling n a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever Synonym(s): chill, shivering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. All the ground With shivered armor strown. --Milton.