Look up: shiver

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   shiver
   [v] - shake, as from cold or fear
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   Shiver
   Shiv'er noun [ Middle English schivere , from shive ; confer German schifer a splinter, slate, Old High German scivere a splinter, Dan. & Swedish skifer a slate. See Shive , and confer Skever .] 1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. 'All to shiv ...
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   Shiver
   Shiv'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shivered ; present participle & verbal noun Shivering .] [ Middle English schiveren , scheveren ; confer 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 ...
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   Shiver
   Shiv'er intransitive verb To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered. « There shiver shafts upon shields thick.» Chaucer « The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms.» Woodward.
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   Shiver
   Shiv'er intransitive verb [ Middle English chiveren , cheveren ; of uncertain origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.] To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear. « Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver .» Swift. « The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled and hard ...
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   Shiver
   Shiv'er transitive verb (Nautical) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
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   Shiver
   Shiv'er noun The act of shivering or trembling.
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   shiver
   To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered. 'There shiver shafts upon shields thick.' (Chaucer) 'The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . Would instantly shiver into millions of atoms.' (Woodward) ... 1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; generally use ...
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   shiver
   (shiv´әr) a slight tremor. to tremble slightly, as from cold.
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    Shiver
    • (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter. • (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley. • (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear. • (n.) The act of shivering or trembling. • (n.) One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden ...
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    shiver
    
    1. reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement
    2. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
    
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