'Shiver' definitions:
Definition of 'shiver'
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Definition of 'Shiver'
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- 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. [1913 Webster]
- All the ground With shivered armor strown. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shiver'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "A shiver of their own loaf." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geol.) A variety of blue slate. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Naut.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shiver'
From: GCIDE
- Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. i. To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered. [1913 Webster]
- There shiver shafts upon shields thick. --Chaucer [1913 Webster]
- The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shiver'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in. --Creech. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shiver'
From: GCIDE
- Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. (Naut.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shiver'
From: GCIDE
- Shiver \Shiv"er\, n. The act of shivering or trembling. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shiver'
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- ache,
- aching,
- agitation,
- all-overs,
- atomize,
- bang,
- be cold,
- bit,
- bob,
- bobble,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- bump,
- burst,
- butt,
- charge,
- chatter,
- chilblains,
- chill,
- chilliness,
- chilling,
- chills of fear,
- chip,
- chunk,
- clip,
- clipping,
- cold creeps,
- cold shivers,
- cold sweat,
- collop,
- crash,
- creeps,
- crumb,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cryopathy,
- cut,
- cut to pieces,
- cutting,
- demolish,
- didder,
- diffuse,
- disintegrate,
- disperse,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disrupt,
- dither,
- dithers,
- dollop,
- duck bumps,
- end,
- explode,
- falter,
- fear and trembling,
- fidget,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fission,
- flap,
- flip out,
- flush,
- flutter,
- formication,
- fragment,
- freak out on,
- freeze,
- freeze to death,
- frisson,
- frostbite,
- get high on,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- goose bumps,
- goose pimples,
- gooseflesh,
- grimace,
- grind,
- grow cold,
- have a chill,
- have an ague,
- have goose pimples,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- heartquake,
- heave,
- heaving,
- heebie-jeebies,
- horripilate,
- horripilation,
- hunk,
- hustle,
- implode,
- inquietude,
- jactitate,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jimjams,
- jitters,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jollies,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jounce,
- jump,
- jumps,
- kibe,
- kick,
- lift,
- lose heat,
- luff,
- lump,
- make mincemeat of,
- mince,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- morceau,
- morsel,
- nervousness,
- nip,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- pant,
- panting,
- paring,
- particle,
- pash,
- patch,
- perish with cold,
- perturbation,
- piece,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- pulverize,
- quake,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavering,
- quiver,
- quiver of terror,
- quivering,
- quivers,
- rasher,
- rattle,
- restlessness,
- rictus,
- rive,
- rupture,
- rush,
- rush of emotion,
- scatter,
- scoop,
- scrap,
- sensation,
- shake,
- shake all over,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shard,
- shatter,
- shaving,
- shivering,
- shivers,
- shock,
- shred,
- shudder,
- slice,
- sliver,
- smash,
- smash up,
- smatter,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snick,
- snip,
- snippet,
- splinter,
- squash,
- squirm,
- squish,
- stitch,
- stump,
- surge of emotion,
- sweat,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- tag,
- tatter,
- the shakes,
- thrill,
- thrill of fear,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- tic,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- tingling,
- titillation,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- tremble,
- trembles,
- trembling,
- tremor,
- tremor of excitement,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumble,
- turn on to,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- uneasiness,
- unrest,
- vibrate,
- wallop,
- wiggle,
- willies,
- wobble,
- wriggle,
- writhe