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Meaning of SHIVERING

Pronunciation:  sh'ivuring

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
  2. [adj]  of persons and animals; feeling no warmth; "got chilled at the football game"; "shivering in her thin coat"
  3. [adj]  vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
 
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 Synonyms: chill, chilled, cold, quaking, quivering, shaking, shaky, trembling, unsteady
 
 See Also: symptom

 

 

 

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