SHIVERING
\ʃˈɪvəɹɪŋ], \ʃˈɪvəɹɪŋ], \ʃ_ˈɪ_v_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of SHIVERING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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Involuntary contraction or twitching of the muscles. It is a physiologic method of heat production in man and other mammals.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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