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• shiver — I UK [ˈʃɪvə(r)] / US [ˈʃɪvər] verb [intransitive] Word forms shiver : present tense I/you/we/they shiver he/she/it shivers present participle shivering past tense shivered past participle shivered * if you shiver, your body shakes slightly, for… …   English dictionary

• shiver — shiv|er1 [ˈʃıvə US ər] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: chiver [i] to shiver (13 16 centuries), perhaps from chavel to talk without purpose, chatter (13 14 centuries), from Old English ceafl jaw ] to shake slightly because you are cold or frightened …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shiver — shiv|er1 [ ʃıvər ] verb intransitive * if you shiver, your body shakes slightly, for example because you are cold or frightened: We stood shivering in the icy wind. shiver with cold/fear/surprise etc.: She shivered with fear at the thought of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• shiver — shiver1 shiverer, n. shiveringly, adv. /shiv euhr/, v.i. 1. to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc. 2. Naut. a. (of a fore and aft sail) to shake when too close to the wind. b. (of a sailing vessel) to be headed so close to the wind …   Universalium

• shiver — Ⅰ. shiver [1] ► VERB ▪ shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited. ► NOUN 1) a momentary trembling movement. 2) (the shivers) a spell or attack of shivering. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• Shiver — Shiv er, v. i. [OE. 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. [1913 Webster] Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cold — cold, cool, chilly, frigid, freezing, frosty, gelid, icy, glacial, arctic mean having a temperature below that which is normal or comfortable. Cold is the general term, often implying nothing more than a lack of warmth {a cold day} {a cold hand}… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• shiver — shiver1 [shiv′ər] n. [ME schievere, freq. formation < base of SHIVE] a fragment or splinter of something broken, as glass vt., vi. [ME schiveren] to break into many fragments or splinters; shatter shiver2 [shiv′ər] vi. [ME sheveren, altered… …   English World dictionary

• shiver — [v1] shake, tremble be cold, dither, flutter, freeze, have the quivers, have the shakes, palpitate, quake, quaver, quiver, shudder, tremor, twitter, vibrate, wave; concepts 152,185 Ant. steady shiver [v2] shatter; break into small pieces burst,… …   New thesaurus

• Shiver Point — (coord|65|3|S|61|22|W|) is a point, surmounted by a peak 670 m high, 8 miles (13 km) west of Cape Fairweather on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted during 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by the United Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• shiver — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, slight, small ▪ involuntary ▪ sudden ▪ cold, icy …   Collocations dictionary