Definition of shiver Shiver
/ʃɪˈvɚ/ - [shiver] - shiv•er
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| shiver - shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!" | ||
| shudder | ||
| move involuntarily, move reflexively move in an uncontrolled manner | ||
| shiver - tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | ||
| shudder, throb, thrill | ||
| tremble move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document" | ||
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- shiver (Noun)
A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone. - shiver (Noun)
The act or result of shivering. - shiver (Noun)
A bodily response to early hypothermia Wikipedia. - shiver (Verb)
To break into splinters or fragments. - shiver (Verb)
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened. - shiver (Verb)
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- shiver (n.)
One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. - shiver (n.)
A thin slice; a shive. - shiver (n.)
A variety of blue slate. - shiver (n.)
A sheave or small wheel in a pulley. - shiver (n.)
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter. - shiver (n.)
A spindle. - shiver (v. t.)
To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet. - shiver (v. i.)
To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered. - shiver (v. i.)
To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear. - shiver (v. t.)
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind. - shiver (n.)
The act of shivering or trembling.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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shiver
To shake nervously, as if from fear.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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shiver
shiv′ėr, n. a splinter, or small piece into which a thing breaks by sudden violence.—v.t. to shatter.—v.i. to fall into shivers.—n. Shiv′er-spar, a slaty calcite or calcium carbonate.—adj. Shiv′ery, brittle.—Shiver my timbers, a nautical imprecation. [Skeat explains shiver as a dim. of the foregoing shive, a thin slice, the same as prov. Eng. sheave, a thin disc of wood, wheel of a pulley—Ice. skífa, a slice; Dut. schijf, Ger. scheibe.] -
shiver
shiv′ėr, v.i. to shake or tremble: to shudder.—v.t. to cause to shake in the wind, as sails.—n. Shiv′ering.—adv. Shiv′eringly, with shivering or trembling.—adj. Shiv′ery, inclined to shiver.—The shivers (coll.), the ague, chills. [M. E. chiveren, a softened form of kiveren, supposed by Skeat to be a Scand. form of quiver, and a freq. of Ice. kippa, to pull, the spelling with sh being due to confusion with shiver (n.).]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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shiver
Synonymous with sheave.
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Coldplay song
"Shiver" is a single released by rock band Coldplay. Shiver was released off the album Parachutes on March of 2000. A re-release was released a year later on February of 2001.
Format.
The format ofr the single by Coldplay is a CD and plays as an Extended Play (or EP).
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