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English Dictionary: trembling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for trembling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trembling 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 shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" Synonym(s): shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tremble \Trem"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trembled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trembling}.] [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. [?], Lith. trimti. Cf. {Tremulous}, {Tremor}.] 1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal. I tremble still with fear. --Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. --Dryden. 2. To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing. The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. --Milton. 3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trembling \Trem"bling\, a. Shaking; tottering; quivering. -- {Trem"blingly}, adv. {Trembling* poplar} (Bot.), the aspen.