'Trembling' definitions:

Definition of 'trembling'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" [syn: shaky, shivering, trembling]
noun
A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation]

Definition of 'Trembling'

From: GCIDE
  • Tremble \Trem"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trembling.] [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. trimti. Cf. Tremulous, Tremor.]
  • 1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal. [1913 Webster]
  • I tremble still with fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing. [1913 Webster]
  • The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Trembling'

From: GCIDE
  • Trembling \Trem"bling\, a. Shaking; tottering; quivering. -- {Trem"bling*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
  • Trembling poplar (Bot.), the aspen. [1913 Webster]

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