quake : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quake	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for quake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quake n shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity Synonym(s): earthquake, quake, temblor, seism v shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" Synonym(s): quiver, quake, palpitate shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" Synonym(s): tremor, quake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quake \Quake\, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quaking}.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. {Quagmire}.] 1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. [bd]Quaking for dread.[b8] --Chaucer. She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. [bd] Over quaking bogs.[b8] --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See {Quake}, v. t.] To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Quake A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of {Modula-3} programs from {module}s, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993.