quiver
To shake or move with slight and tremulous motionTo shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
» The boy quivered at the sound.
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1 sensesTo shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
flattern, zittern, zucken
дрожа́тьdrožátʹ, трепета́тьtrepetátʹ, трясти́сьtrjastísʹ
тремті́тиtremtíty
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Examples
36 sentencesThe boy quivered at the sound.
Her voice was quivering with anger.
ruЕё голос дрожал от гнева. — marafon
deIhre Stimme bebte vor Wut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This could make any girl quiver.
The leaves quivered in the breeze.
deDie Blätter zitterten in der Brise. — Yorwba
In mathematics, a quiver is a digraph.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.
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Forms
quivers, quivering, quivered, quiveredSynonyms
11 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.