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to quake with fear

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  • quake — v. (D; intr.) to quake with (to quake with fear) * * * [kweɪk] (D; intr.) to quake with (to quake with fear) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • quake — quake1 [kweık] v [: Old English; Origin: cwacian] 1.) to shake or tremble, usually because you are very frightened quake with fear/fright/anger etc ▪ Richmond was quaking with fury. 2.) quake in your boots [i]informal to feel very afraid used… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Quake — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quake — ► VERB 1) (especially of the earth) shake or tremble. 2) shudder with fear. ► NOUN informal ▪ an earthquake. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • fear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anticipation of misfortune Nouns 1. fear, fearfulness, phobia; timidity, timorousness, diffidence; solicitude, anxiety, worry, care, apprehension; apprehensiveness, misgiving, mistrust, doubt, suspicion …   English dictionary for students

  • quake — [[t]kwe͟ɪk[/t]] quakes, quaking, quaked 1) N COUNT A quake is the same as an earthquake. The quake destroyed mud buildings in many remote villages. Syn: earthquake 2) VERB If you quake, you shake, usually because you are very afraid. [V with n] I …   English dictionary

  • quake — 1 verb (I) 1 to shake or tremble, usually because you are very frightened (+ with): Quaking with fear, I reached for the phone to call the police. 2 quake in your boots informal to feel very afraid 3 if the earth, a building etc quakes, it shakes …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • quake — 1. noun a) A trembling or shaking. We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by. b) An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force. California is plagued by quakes, there are a few minor ones almost every month. 2. verb …   Wiktionary

  • quake — verb 1》 (especially of the earth) shake or tremble. 2》 shudder with fear. noun informal an earthquake. Derivatives quaky adjective Origin OE cwacian …   English new terms dictionary

  • quake — v. & n. v.intr. 1 shake, tremble. 2 rock to and fro. 3 (of a person) shake or shudder (was quaking with fear). n. 1 colloq. an earthquake. 2 an act of quaking. Phrases and idioms: quaking grass any grass of the genus Briza, having slender stalks… …   Useful english dictionary

  • quake — (v.) O.E. cwacian quake, tremble, chatter (of teeth), related to cweccan to shake, swing, move, vibrate, of unknown origin with no certain cognates outside English. Perhaps somehow imitative. Related: Quaked; quaking. The noun is attested from… …   Etymology dictionary

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