1. [n]  shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
2. [v]  shake with seismic vibrations, as of planets; "The earth was quaking"
3. [v]  shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

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1. \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. ``Quaking for dread.'' --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. `` Over quaking
      bogs.'' --Macaulay.
   

2. \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See
   {Quake}, v. t.]
   To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.
   

3. \Quake\, n.
   A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder;
   a quivering.
   

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