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    shivering
    /ˈʃɪv(ə)rɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. shaking slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited: "he bought a warm winter coat for a shivering man"

    noun

    • 1. the action of shaking slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited: "gradually his shivering slowed"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSHIVERING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Shivering is the present participle of shiver, which means to shake slightly because of cold, illness, or fear. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and synonyms of shivering with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSHIVER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Shiver is a verb that means to shake slightly because of feeling cold, ill, or frightened. It can also be a noun that means the act of shaking or a condition of being ill. See more meanings, idioms, and examples of shiver.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › shiveringShivering Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the different meanings and uses of the word shiver, from a noun for a small piece of something broken to a verb for shaking involuntarily. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of shiver.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySHIVERING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    uk / ˈʃɪv.ə r/ us / ˈʃɪv.ɚ /. B2. When people or animals shiver, they shake slightly because they feel cold, ill, or frightened: The poor dog - it's shivering! He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt. Fewer examples.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › shiveringShivering - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    adjective. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze. “sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier”. synonyms: quivery, shaky, trembling. unsteady.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › shiverSHIVER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Shiver, quake, shudder refer to a vibratory muscular movement, a trembling, usually involuntary. We shiver with cold, or a sensation such as that of cold: to shiver in thin clothing on a frosty day; to shiver with pleasant anticipation. We quake especially with fear: to quake with fright.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSHIVER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    We shudder with horror or abhorrence; the agitation is more powerful and deep-seated than shivering or trembling: to shudder at pictures of an atrocity.