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verb ˈʃɪvəˈʃɪvər [no object]Shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited. they shivered in the damp foggy cold Example sentencesExamples - I shivered in disgust, stomping past them into the hallway.
- Matt swore angrily under his breath, slightly shivering from the sudden cold and wetness.
- I am burning up and shivering uncontrollably, hot cold sweat draining from my flesh.
- She had already piled all the cloaks onto him and he was still shivering violently.
- I shivered in the morning air as the sweat cooled my arms and legs.
- My attention next goes to my back as I shiver in the cold air.
- Bruises decorated her face and shoulders, her body involuntarily shivering in reaction from the rain.
- I began to feel my strength and stamina ebbing and shivered uncontrollably from the cold whenever we took a break for water.
- The Seer crouched on her bed of moldy straw, shivering slightly from the cold.
- The girl shivered again under the thin blanket.
- She shivered with fear and hugged her legs to her chest as she cried silently.
- Aiden ignored her and blew into her ear; her response was to involuntarily shiver uncontrollably.
- She shivered from the bitter cold, and knew what trouble she was in.
- I shivered slightly in the cold but couldn't help grinning to myself.
- I shivered in the cold air, my feet numb from the wet grass.
- I was just starting to wrestle out of my oversized shirt, shivering slightly in the cold bathroom, when a heard a faint knocking on the main door.
- The girl shivered in the rain as she took a step back.
- She sees the three girls shiver in fear.
- My legs were shaking, and my body was shivering violently.
- I felt the air around me drop a few degrees and shivered a bit.
- He could see something moving there, shaking, and shivering in fear.
Synonyms tremble, quiver, shake, shudder, quaver, quake, vibrate, palpitate, flutter, convulse
noun ˈʃɪvəˈʃɪvər 1A momentary trembling movement. she gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms the way he looked at her sent shivers down her spine Example sentencesExamples - A shiver racked his body, making his step ever so slightly falter.
- She felt an involuntary shiver go through her.
- Then he sees the drawing of the donkey and experiences a shiver of dread.
- I suppressed a shiver of disgust and fought down the feelings of triumph writhing in my stomach.
- She sings with a power and commitment that sends shivers down your spine.
- Here are other titles that should give warm-weather readers a shiver of excitement.
- The word Conservative still sends shivers down the spine of voters.
- A deep shiver coursed its way down his spine and into his feet.
- A shiver of pleasure went down her spine as she turned to look at him.
- The voice sent shivers down Cate's spine, and she knew who it was without turning around.
- A shiver of excitement ran through him, mixed with with fear.
- Small shivers of delight crept up his arm and into his chest.
- He slid his hand down her back, sending shivers through her body.
- Even without knowing any of the facts this sent a cold shiver down my spine.
- As he reached with his hand, Caroline experienced a shiver of anticipation.
- There is a particular passage in Myth that sends shivers down my spine.
- As my gaze lands on them, I feel several small shivers running down my spine.
- Shivers of pure delight ran through my body but I inwardly scolded myself.
- I tried to smile, suppressing the shiver that was running down my spine.
- So it is with a shiver of anticipation that I note the return of my favourite dilemma.
Synonyms tremble, trembling, quiver, quivering, shake, start, shudder, shuddering, quaver, quake, vibration, tremor, palpitation, flutter, convulsion, twitch, jerk - 1.1the shivers A spell or an attack of trembling, typically as a result of fear or horror.
a look that gave him the shivers Example sentencesExamples - By the time she'd fully rinsed the lather off of her body, the shivers had become completely uncontrollable.
- This disability gives a lot of people the shivers, and most of them think me unable to play golf.
- Although it might give you the shivers, it won't cause a cold.
- It was rather frightening, but she overcame the shivers that took to her and broke the silence.
- Anyway, I'm ill at the moment - woke up at 2.30 am yesterday morning with a very scary attack of the shivers.
- He was cold, thin and tall, wiry and cold, and his austere black eyes gave one the shivers the minute they met his eyes.
- Cold breezes raided the air giving some soldiers the shivers.
Derivatives noun Okay, we're 3-2 shiverers today - two absentees like the temperature lower than I do. Example sentencesExamples - A chilling northerly wind for the early part of the afternoon had the surveyors feeling more like shiverers than twitchers.
adverb Well the poor mutt ran away howling in pain and agony and he scampered shiveringly to a refuge in a deserted shack. Example sentencesExamples - Under this unfussy but canny direction, the performances vibrate; the lines shiveringly hit their mark.
- And Close's nasty, shifting canterings with a shovel before he fells his unfortunate brother and humorously lops off his arm to acquire the ring were shiveringly unpleasant.
- He understands the score's potential to produce a pleasant and shiveringly visceral response, when presented with the greatest sonic allure, and he act upon this understanding.
- Dashing up the stairs she'd crept to her bedroom, taken a few deep breaths, and then shiveringly pulled out from underneath her shirt the object of her impromptu burglary and lo and behold!
Origin Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele 'to chatter', from Old English ceafl 'jaw'. The Middle English spelling of this word was chivere, which is perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele ‘to chatter’, from Old English ceafl ‘jaw’, from the teeth chattering due to the cold. The sense meaning ‘to break’ or ‘small piece’ is from a Germanic root with the base idea of ‘slit, splinter. Skewer (late 17th century) may be related.
Rhymes aquiver, downriver, forgiver, giver, quiver, river, sliver, upriver noun ˈʃɪvəˈʃɪvər usually shiversEach of the small fragments into which something such as glass is shattered when broken; a splinter. Example sentencesExamples - The boy supped and brandished the weapons and in the process broke them all to shivers and splinters.
- He picked the larger shivers of glass out of the cut but that just made it bleed more.
- I like to look at the way that small shivers and fragments of light, escape through a teeny gap in the curtains, throwing quirky shapes upon the wall or ceiling.
- Keep away from windows because the high winds and pressure can shatter the window, sending shivers of glass everywhere.
Synonyms splinter, sliver, fragment, chip, shard, paring, shaving, shred, smithereen, particle, bit, piece
verb ˈʃɪvəˈʃɪvər [no object]Break into such splinters or fragments. the world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour Example sentencesExamples - Hurrying in he found a plaster bust of Napoleon, which stood with several other works of art upon the counter, lying shivered into fragments.
- The gilt-framed mirror, which hung between the front windows, fell to the floor in the midst of them, and shivered into a dozen pieces.
- Yet the crystals of my summer didn't shiver into fragments.
- Something tinkles inside you, shivering, quivering, and then it breaks, shattering like a crystal constellation.
- The blade fell upon the Indian's neck and shivered into several pieces.
Synonyms smash, smash to smithereens, break, break into pieces, burst, blow out
Phrases A mock oath attributed to sailors. Example sentencesExamples - Truly this is worse than the ‘Hey, you can shiver my timbers!’
- Well, ‘shiver me timbers’ as he loves to say.
- Well shiver me timbers and blow me down!
- A house, is it? Well shiver me timbers. I always wondered what one looked like on the inside.
Origin Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning 'to split'; related to German Schiefer 'slate'. verbˈSHivərˈʃɪvər [no object](of a person or animal) shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited. they shivered in the damp foggy cold Example sentencesExamples - My attention next goes to my back as I shiver in the cold air.
- I felt the air around me drop a few degrees and shivered a bit.
- She had already piled all the cloaks onto him and he was still shivering violently.
- The girl shivered in the rain as she took a step back.
- I shivered in the cold air, my feet numb from the wet grass.
- Aiden ignored her and blew into her ear; her response was to involuntarily shiver uncontrollably.
- The Seer crouched on her bed of moldy straw, shivering slightly from the cold.
- I am burning up and shivering uncontrollably, hot cold sweat draining from my flesh.
- She shivered with fear and hugged her legs to her chest as she cried silently.
- I shivered in disgust, stomping past them into the hallway.
- I shivered slightly in the cold but couldn't help grinning to myself.
- The girl shivered again under the thin blanket.
- Bruises decorated her face and shoulders, her body involuntarily shivering in reaction from the rain.
- Matt swore angrily under his breath, slightly shivering from the sudden cold and wetness.
- She sees the three girls shiver in fear.
- I began to feel my strength and stamina ebbing and shivered uncontrollably from the cold whenever we took a break for water.
- She shivered from the bitter cold, and knew what trouble she was in.
- I shivered in the morning air as the sweat cooled my arms and legs.
- I was just starting to wrestle out of my oversized shirt, shivering slightly in the cold bathroom, when a heard a faint knocking on the main door.
- He could see something moving there, shaking, and shivering in fear.
- My legs were shaking, and my body was shivering violently.
Synonyms tremble, quiver, shake, shudder, quaver, quake, vibrate, palpitate, flutter, convulse
nounˈSHivərˈʃɪvər 1A momentary trembling movement. she gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms the way he looked at her sent shivers down her spine Example sentencesExamples - She sings with a power and commitment that sends shivers down your spine.
- As he reached with his hand, Caroline experienced a shiver of anticipation.
- So it is with a shiver of anticipation that I note the return of my favourite dilemma.
- A shiver racked his body, making his step ever so slightly falter.
- Then he sees the drawing of the donkey and experiences a shiver of dread.
- She felt an involuntary shiver go through her.
- A deep shiver coursed its way down his spine and into his feet.
- Small shivers of delight crept up his arm and into his chest.
- The word Conservative still sends shivers down the spine of voters.
- I tried to smile, suppressing the shiver that was running down my spine.
- I suppressed a shiver of disgust and fought down the feelings of triumph writhing in my stomach.
- Even without knowing any of the facts this sent a cold shiver down my spine.
- There is a particular passage in Myth that sends shivers down my spine.
- He slid his hand down her back, sending shivers through her body.
- The voice sent shivers down Cate's spine, and she knew who it was without turning around.
- A shiver of pleasure went down her spine as she turned to look at him.
- A shiver of excitement ran through him, mixed with with fear.
- As my gaze lands on them, I feel several small shivers running down my spine.
- Here are other titles that should give warm-weather readers a shiver of excitement.
- Shivers of pure delight ran through my body but I inwardly scolded myself.
Synonyms tremble, trembling, quiver, quivering, shake, start, shudder, shuddering, quaver, quake, vibration, tremor, palpitation, flutter, convulsion, twitch, jerk - 1.1the shivers A spell or an attack of trembling, typically as a result of fear or horror.
a look that gave him the shivers Example sentencesExamples - Anyway, I'm ill at the moment - woke up at 2.30 am yesterday morning with a very scary attack of the shivers.
- This disability gives a lot of people the shivers, and most of them think me unable to play golf.
- By the time she'd fully rinsed the lather off of her body, the shivers had become completely uncontrollable.
- He was cold, thin and tall, wiry and cold, and his austere black eyes gave one the shivers the minute they met his eyes.
- Although it might give you the shivers, it won't cause a cold.
- It was rather frightening, but she overcame the shivers that took to her and broke the silence.
- Cold breezes raided the air giving some soldiers the shivers.
Origin Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele ‘to chatter’, from Old English ceafl ‘jaw’. nounˈʃɪvərˈSHivər usually shiversEach of the small fragments into which something such as glass is shattered when broken; a splinter. Example sentencesExamples - Keep away from windows because the high winds and pressure can shatter the window, sending shivers of glass everywhere.
- The boy supped and brandished the weapons and in the process broke them all to shivers and splinters.
- I like to look at the way that small shivers and fragments of light, escape through a teeny gap in the curtains, throwing quirky shapes upon the wall or ceiling.
- He picked the larger shivers of glass out of the cut but that just made it bleed more.
Synonyms splinter, sliver, fragment, chip, shard, paring, shaving, shred, smithereen, particle, bit, piece
verbˈʃɪvərˈSHivər [no object]Break into splinters or fragments. the world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic color Example sentencesExamples - Yet the crystals of my summer didn't shiver into fragments.
- Something tinkles inside you, shivering, quivering, and then it breaks, shattering like a crystal constellation.
- The gilt-framed mirror, which hung between the front windows, fell to the floor in the midst of them, and shivered into a dozen pieces.
- The blade fell upon the Indian's neck and shivered into several pieces.
- Hurrying in he found a plaster bust of Napoleon, which stood with several other works of art upon the counter, lying shivered into fragments.
Synonyms smash, smash to smithereens, break, break into pieces, burst, blow out
Phrases A mock oath attributed to sailors. Example sentencesExamples - A house, is it? Well shiver me timbers. I always wondered what one looked like on the inside.
- Well, ‘shiver me timbers’ as he loves to say.
- Well shiver me timbers and blow me down!
- Truly this is worse than the ‘Hey, you can shiver my timbers!’
Origin Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning ‘to split’; related to German Schiefer ‘slate’. |