Meaning

10 senses
  1. The act of shivering.

    A shiver went up my spine.

    Zittern

    дрожьdrožʹ, дрожа́ниеdrožánije

  2. A bodily response to early hypothermia.

  3. A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.

  4. A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.

    (Norfolk)A splinter of wood embedded in the flesh

  5. A variety of blue slate.

  6. A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

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

  8. (collective)A group of sharks.

  9. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)A thin slice; a shive.

  10. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)A spindle.

More definitions
  • a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
  • an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

Examples

147 sentences
  1. Tom started to shiver.

    Том затремтів. — deniko

    ruТом задрожал. — marafon

    deTom fing an zu zittern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. A shiver ran down my spine.

    ruПо моему телу пробежали мурашки. — nami

    deEin Schauer jagte mir über den Rücken. — Sudajaengi

  3. I wish I could stop shivering.

  4. It looks like Tom is shivering.

    deEs sieht so aus, als würde Tom zittern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom is shivering because it's cold.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act or result of shivering:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act or result of shivering:

Origin

Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf. From a Germ

Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.

From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer (“slate”)).

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Forms

plural: shivers
Singularshiver
Pluralshivers

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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