shiver in English
- shiver⇄adv. shiveringly.
- shiver⇄expr. the shivers, a fit of shivering; ague; chills.
Ex. It gives me the cold shivers when I think what might have become of me (Century Magazine). - shiver⇄noun a small piece; splinter.
Ex. thorns of the crown and shivers of the cross (Tennyson). - shiver⇄noun shiverer.
- shiver⇄noun the act or condition of shaking from cold, fear, or excitement.
Ex. Cold shivers went down Trilby's back as she listened (George du Maurier). - shiver⇄shiver (1), verb, noun.
- shiver⇄shiver (2), verb, noun.
- shiver⇄v.i. to be shattered or split; fly into small pieces.
Ex. His statue fell, and shivered on the stones (James A. Froude). - shiver⇄v.i. 1. to shake as with cold, fear, or excitement; tremble; quiver.
Ex. A sudden gust of cold wind made me shiver. The leaves shivered in the breeze. He shivered as with an ague (Hawthorne). As a dog withheld a moment ... shivers ere he springs (T - shiver⇄v.t. to break into small pieces; shatter or split into fragments or pieces.
Ex. a tree shivered by lightning. He shivered the mirror with a hammer. - shiver⇄v.t. to cause (a sail or sails) to flutter through the action of the wind on the edge or edges, as by luffing the helm.