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shivering

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shiv·er 1  (shvr)
v. shiv·ered, shiv·er·ing, shiv·ers
v.intr.
1. To shake with or as if with cold; tremble. See Synonyms at shake.
2. To quiver or vibrate, as by the force of the wind.
v.tr. Nautical
To cause (a sail) to flutter by sailing too close to the wind.
n.
1. An instance of shivering or trembling.
2. shivers An attack of shivering. Used with the.

[Middle English chiveren, shiveren.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shiveringshivering - a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Adj.1.shiveringshivering - 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"
unsteady - subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"

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Notwithstanding the little iron stove, the ink froze on the swing- table in the cabin, and I found it more convenient to go ashore stumbling over the arctic waste-land and shivering in glazed tramcars in order to write my evening letter to my owners in a gorgeous cafe in the centre of the town.
I am shivering again--shivering, from head to foot, in the summer air.
At the turn of the tide, something goes on in the unknown deeps below, which sets the whole face of the quicksand shivering and trembling in a manner most remarkable to see, and which has given to it, among the people in our parts, the name of the Shivering Sand.
 
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