shiver1 verbshiver2 noun
shivershiv‧er1 /ˈʃɪvə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] 
WORD ORIGINshiver1
Origin:
1400-1500 chiver ‘to shiver’ (13-16 centuries), perhaps from chavel ‘to talk without purpose, chatter’ (13-14 centuries), from Old English ceafl ‘jaw’VERB TABLE
shiver
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | shiver |
| he, she, it | shivers | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shivered |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shivered |
| he, she, it | has shivered | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shivered |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shiver |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shivered |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am shivering |
| he, she, it | is shivering | |
| you, we, they | are shivering | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was shivering |
| you, we, they | were shivering | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shivering |
| he, she, it | has been shivering | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shivering |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shivering |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shivering |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I was shivering in my thin sleeping bag.
- Julia shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her.
- Lizzy looked out at the thick snow and shivered with excitement.
- The water was cold, and Robbie shivered.
- They were forced to wait outside for hours, shivering with cold.
- You're shivering! Do you want to go indoors?
- A few moments later he shivered again, sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it.
- Children shivered a few feet away from it.
- He passed her with one sidelong glitter of let eyes, and left her shivering.
- I still felt nauseated, both sweating and shivering, as we walked down the corridor to my room.
- It was a strange place, and as he looked up at it now, he shivered.
- Sensitive to cold, always shivering.
- She shivered suddenly, and her arm caught the folder of photographs, knocking it on to the floor.
- There were a couple of men under the tarp with us, shivering with fever.
THESAURUSperson
if a person or part of their body shakes, they make small sudden continuous movements from side to side or up and down, especially because they are very frightened, cold, ill etc: · Suddenly he started to shake. ‘Don’t ever scare me like that again!’ he whispered.· The poor girl was shaking.
to shake for a short time, especially because you think of something very unpleasant, or because you feel frightened or cold: · Corbett shuddered when he thought of what might have happened to them.· I shuddered when I read the article.· He was still shuddering with the cold.· She clung to him, shuddering with emotion.
to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are frightened, worried, or angry: · Ernest opened the letter in silence, his hands trembling.· Her whole body trembled with fear.· He hadn’t dared to move. He was trembling with shock.· ‘I won’t be coming back,’ she said, her body trembling with anger.
to shake slightly, especially only a few times, because you are cold or frightened: · She shivered, pulling her coat closer around herself.· You make me shiver when you talk like that.
especially literary to shake slightly and continuously because you are very worried or excited – used especially about someone’s lips, mouth, or body: · Her bottom lip began to quiver, and she turned away to hide her tears.· Alice’s eyes began to fill with tears and her mouth quivered. ‘I 'm going away,’ she said.
to move unsteadily from side to side: · Mrs Hamilton wobbled precariously on her high heels.
to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: · He rocked to and fro in his chair.
Longman Language Activatorperson feeling cold: · Dad, I'm cold. Can I put the heater on?· Your hands are really cold!feel cold: · He woke up in the middle of the night feeling cold.look cold: · Come and sit by the fire. You look cold.
also frozen British spoken feeling very cold and uncomfortable: · How much longer do we have to wait out her? I'm freezing.· You look absolutely frozen.
to shake a little because you are cold: · I was shivering in my thin sleeping bag.shiver with cold: · They were forced to wait outside for hours, shivering with cold.
to be so cold that your skin turns slightly blue: · He was huddled into his coat, his face blue with cold.· Look at her. The poor girl's quite blue with cold.
British /have goosebumps American to have small raised areas on your skin because you are cold: · She was shivering, her arms and legs covered in goosepimples.· Why don't you put something else on? You've got goosebumps.
if your teeth are chattering you are so cold that your teeth keep knocking together and you cannot stop them: · Her teeth were chattering with cold.
when your body, hand etc shakes if you shake , your body makes small quick uncontrolled movements, for example because you are frightened, nervous, or angry: · My hands were shaking so much I could hardly write my name on the exam paper.shake with fear/anger/laughter etc (=shake because you are frightened, angry etc): · The others were all shaking with laughter.
to shake very slightly, especially because you are frightened or upset: · Jane's lip began to tremble and I though she was going to cry.· The dog sat trembling in a corner.tremble with anger/emotion/fear etc: · Polly hid behind the door, trembling with fear.
to shake because you are cold, or because of an emotion such as fear: · Julia shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her.· You're shivering! Do you want to go indoors?shiver with excitement/fear/horror etc: · Lizzy looked out at the thick snow and shivered with excitement.
to shake uncontrollably for a short moment, especially because the idea of something is very unpleasant or upsetting: · Dave tried to kiss Julia but she shuddered and turned away.· I shuddered to think of my son all alone in New York.
if a part of your body twitches , it makes a very small, sudden movement, especially when you do not want this to happen but you cannot control it: · Mac was very nervous. A muscle on his face began to twitch.· Roberta's mouth twitched as she tried to stop herself laughing out loud.
to shake so slightly that it is difficult for other people to notice, especially because you are very excited, nervous, or angry: · John's hands were quivering as he put down his papers and started his speech.quiver with anger/excitement/fear etc: · The children stood there quivering with excitement as I opened the package.
when your body shakes violently and uncontrollably because you are very ill: have convulsions: · The baby was sweating and crying. She started to have convulsions again.go into convulsions: · Andrew died after taking the drug, which had caused him to go into convulsions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
She shivered with fear and anger.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I was still trembling violently.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
She shivered with fear and anger. I was still trembling violently.· She stepped back, shivering slightly when fitzAlan's hand fell away from her face.· She seems to shiver slightly as she puts her feet on the first pedal, then the second.· A momentary cloud passed in front of the sun and Liza shivered slightly.· Alison shivered slightly, and stepped back inside.· She shivered slightly, despite the heat.· Donna shivered slightly, noticing how cold it was on the train.· His body was humming with fatigue and he shivered slightly, though the evening was heavy with heat.· She thought of Mortimer and shivered slightly.
· Polly's skin crawled and she shivered violently.· Bitterly cold, shivering violently from several causes, but out.· Watching as he pulled on his oilskins with an ease born of long practice, Polly shivered violently.
NOUN· He had a bad cold and was shivering inside his dressing gown.· Ramlal felt a cold shiver of despair.
· She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.
· They landed on a ledge wide enough to hold them, the horse shivering with fear but knowing not to move at all.· If this is passed, they stand shivering with fear, rooted to the spot.
VERB· She began to shiver, feeling sick to her stomach.· By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.· Instantly an uncontrollable tremor shook his mouth and his legs began to shiver in sympathy.· I stared at that scar until I began to really shiver.· When he heard the crash of glass downstairs, he began to shiver.· Factories closed, hundreds were thrown out of work, and, as winter approached, ordinary people began to shiver.· Anxiety and chill combined and John began to shiver as he leaned over the wall, eyes sweeping the coast.· Despite the warmth of the fire, Isabel began to shiver.
· It made me shiver with a mixture of awe and anticipation.· So close it makes me shiver.· When you said you came from good tough stock it made me shiver a bit.· A terrible wicked idea, it made me shiver to think it but I kept right on thinking.· She ran them down my arm lightly enough to make me shiver.· At the same time, it made you shiver.· He still had the window open, though it made him shiver.· It was animal magnetism which was making him shiver and itch.
· Dot sat rigid and shivering on the wicker armchair in the conservatory.· It sits there shivering in its damp towel until she comes with urine bottle and tube.· He sat there shivering until dawn, nodding occasionally, jerking awake with a cry.· She sat shivering, dozing off: home, or nearly.
· I stood in my pyjamas shivering in the middle of Katie's bedroom, not knowing what to do.· Residents stood shivering in the chilly night air as Red Cross officials scrambled to find them lodging after they fled their homes.· He was standing there, shivering!· And the smell of those cigarettes in his tormentor's office, where he stood barefoot and shivering for hours on end.· They stood there naked and shivering, huddled together as a soldier walked round them, prodding them with a baton.· If this is passed, they stand shivering with fear, rooted to the spot.
· She started shivering as her sweat dried in the freezing winter air.· If the temperature drops below 80, I start shivering.· Leah started to shiver in her nightgown.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to shake slightly because you are cold or frightened SYN tremble: - Stephen King's novels have sent shivers up readers' spines for more than 20 years.
- He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.
- We both kept waiting for the moment when the experience would overwhelm us and send chills up our spines.
Jake stood shivering in the cold air.shiver with cold/fear/delight etc She shivered with fear and anger.shiver1 verbshiver2 noun
shivershiver2 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "It's freezing!" Tom said with a shiver.
- A shiver of cold ran through him when he stepped outside.
- The story he told me sent a shiver down my spine.
- The thought of sleeping in such an old house sent a shiver through her.
- A shiver went over her and she became angry at herself.
- He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.
- He was some one I'd seen in my head before: one of those bundles of shivers in books.
- She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.
- The thought sent a shiver of excitement through her that instantly she sought to crush.
- The words caused a shiver to run a fine sharp line through her.
- Wilson saw the doubt in her eyes and the droop of her body and felt a shiver pass through her own.
- With a peculiar shiver of fear, he stooped to retrieve his spear.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY A shiver ran through (=went through) me. She felt a shiver of apprehension.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I was still trembling violently.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
A shiver ran through (=went through) me. She felt a shiver of apprehension. I was still trembling violently.· Perhaps when Samuel Oglethorpe shivered with cold and the shiver passed down his arm into George Grindal's shoulder.· When they scratched against the tin it made a cold shiver run down my back.· I felt little cold shivers going right down my back.· Is she given cold shivers by my stump?· Such stories are enough to send cold shivers down the spine.
· She ruthlessly suppressed a little shiver of curiosity.· As I read the letter inside, a little shiver of panic shot through me.· Unconsciously she gave a little shiver.
VERB· She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.· She felt a shiver go through her.· Eugene felt a shiver travel up his back, along his spine.· Julie again felt a shiver run up her spine.· And, though she did not want to, again she felt a shiver of excitement.· I felt little cold shivers going right down my back.· Again she felt the same shiver down her back like an electric current.
· Jessamy gave a small shiver and decided she didn't even want to consider that possibility.· Is she given cold shivers by my stump?· Then Jessamy gave a sudden shiver.· Unconsciously she gave a little shiver.· Rail privatisation gives them the shivers.
· She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.· The words caused a shiver to run a fine sharp line through her.· Julie again felt a shiver run up her spine.· A shiver ran up Auguste's spine.· As for Philippa, so for him, a shiver of apprehension ran down his spine.· I was brought back to the mundane present by the shiver of chill that ran over me.· It was like taking a step back into the past, and for a moment a little shiver ran down her spine.
· But the thing that sent a shiver up my back was the thin, haunted piping of a recorder.· Their wild, excited calling sent shivers down my spine as they continued on their journey south.· The first of the two should send shivers of disgust up your spine.· He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.· Rather, his low laugh held a note that sent unexpected shivers down her spine.· Even today, the name Chiing chun bao sends a shiver up my spine.· He chuckled, a wickedly delicious little chuckle that sent a shiver down her spine.· The bone of his jaw, the rasp of his beard, sent another great shiver through her.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear SYN tremble: - Just thinking about flying in an airplane gives me the shivers.
- Rail privatisation gives them the shivers.
- Stephen King's novels have sent shivers up readers' spines for more than 20 years.
- He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.
- We both kept waiting for the moment when the experience would overwhelm us and send chills up our spines.
A shiver ran through (=went through) me.shiver of She felt a shiver of apprehension.2give you the shivers informal to make you feel afraid → send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine at send(10)