shiver.
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
Meaning & usage
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
They stood outside for hours, shivering in the frosty air.
The cold made me shiver.
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.
The act of shivering.
A shiver went up my spine.
A bodily response to early hypothermia.
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.
A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone. A splinter of wood embedded in the flesh
A thin slice; a shive.
A variety of blue slate.
A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
A spindle.
Where this word comes from
From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer (“slate”)).
To break into splinters or fragments.
To be broken into splinters or fragments.
Where this word comes from
From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer (“slate”)).
A group of sharks.
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain
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