shiver

[shiv·er]

People shiver, or shake and tremble, when they're very cold. You might shiver in the snow if you forget to wear your winter coat.

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One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

Noun
reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

Noun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

Verb
shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"

Verb
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement


n.
One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

n.
A thin slice; a shive.

n.
A variety of blue slate.

n.
A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

n.
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

n.
A spindle.

v. t.
To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

v. i.
To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

v. i.
To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

v. t.
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

n.
The act of shivering or trembling.


Shiver

Shiv"er , n. [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a splinter, slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a slate. See Shive, and cf. Skever.] 1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. "All to shivers dashed." Milton. 2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "A shiver of their own loaf." Fuller.
Of your soft bread, not but a shiver.
3. (Geol.) A variety of blue slate. 4. (Naut.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley. 5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter. 6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Shiver

Shiv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.] To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
All the ground With shivered armor strown.

Shiver

Shiv"er, v. i. To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
There shiver shafts upon shields thick.
The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms.

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.
Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver.
The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in.

Shiver

Shiv"er, v. t. (Naut.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

Shiver

Shiv"er, n. The act of shivering or trembling.

One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

The act of shivering or trembling.

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