Shiver
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʃɪvɚ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Shiver is a verb meaning To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
Meaning
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
More Meanings
- (nautical, transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
- The act of shivering.
- (medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.
- A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
- (geology) A variety of blue slate.
- (nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) A thin slice; a shive.
Example Sentences
A shiver went up my spine.
a shiver of their own loaf
They stood outside for hours, shivering in the frosty air.
The man that shivered on the brink of sin, / Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in.
Word Forms
- shivers
- shivering
- shivered
Synonyms for shiver
Depending on context, synonyms include frisson, quiver, thrill, shudder, dither, throb.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dither, tremble, shudder, shake, frisson, tingle.
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