quake
A trembling or shakingA trembling or shaking.
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» Many old buildings were damaged by the quake.
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Examples
13 sentencesMany old buildings were damaged by the quake.
The quake damaged many old buildings.
ruОт землетрясения пострадало множество старых зданий. — Wezel
deDas Erdbeben beschädigte viele alte Gebäude. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
After extensively studying the quake and its aftermath, scientists say the rupture is unprecedented.
deNach eingehender Untersuchung des Bebens und seiner Folgen sagen Wissenschaftler, der Bruch sei beispiellos. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
Meaning
3 sensesA trembling or shaking.
We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
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An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.
(figuratively)Something devastating, like a strong earthquake.
- shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
Origin
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), fromFrom Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
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Forms
plural: quakesSynonyms
3 synonyms- shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity:earthquaketemblorseism
Word family
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