Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tremulous shaking or quivering, as with a chill or fear.
- noun In ceramics, the flaking off of parts of the ware, caused by the unequal contraction of body and glaze. Compare
crazing , 2. - noun A horsemen's term for chorea or St. Vitus's dance affecting the muscles of the hip and thigh of the horse.
- noun A sliver; a strip.
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- verb Present participle of
shiver . - noun The action of
shivering .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
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Examples
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My body, which was shivering from the cold 30 degree air, became rock solid as I peered through the optics.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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My body, which was shivering from the cold 30 degree air, became rock solid as I peered through the optics.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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I remarked, still shivering from the false alarm, and all those imaginary golden bulls.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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I remarked, still shivering from the false alarm, and all those imaginary golden bulls.
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Afterward they moved into the sun, shivering from the unfamiliar cold, despite very little sweat slicking their bodies.
From Botswana With Much Love Sophia Hollander 2010
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Glad to know I had you squeling and, also, shivering from the insect things.
Fic: Like Gum on Your Shoe Part 3/10, Adult Eventually, AU from JE rabid1st 2009
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Bonnie was shivering from the cold as she waited outside the Forbes house for any sign of movement.
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When I began shivering from the cold, I said "I don't know how to go back in there and face them."
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When I began shivering from the cold, I said "I don't know how to go back in there and face them."
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The Swiss Can't Miss has handled his lounge-act standing with ease, and all but reveled in the Agassi love-in, telling tales of how he watched Andre's night moves from under the covers of his hotel bed, shivering from the nerves.
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