Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - shiver
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Shiver
shiver
~1 v to shake slightly because you are cold or frightened (The children stood outside shivering.) (Juanita was shivering with cold.) ~2 n 1 a slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear (A shiver ran through her at the thought of Worrel's ugly face.) 2 give you the shivers informal to make you feel afraid (Snakes give me the shivers.) 3 send shivers (up and) down your spine informal to make you feel very frightened or excited (A sudden scream from outside sent shivers down his spine.) 4 shivers literary one of the very small pieces into which something breaks when it is hit or dropped
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1.
(shivers, shivering, shivered) When you shiver, your body shakes slightly because you are cold or frightened. He shivered in the cold... I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear. = shake VERB: V, V with n • Shiver is also a noun. The emptiness here sent shivers down my spine... N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German scivaro splinter Date: 13th century one of the small pieces into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 13th century to break into many small pieces ; shatter III. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of chiveren Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to undergo trembling ; quiver 2. to tremble in the wind as it strikes first one and then the other side (of a sail) transitive verb to cause (a sail) to ~ by steering close to the wind IV. noun Date: 1727 1. an instance of ~ing ; tremble 2. an intense ~y sensation especially of fear — often used in plural with the horror movies give him the ~s 3. a hard blow (as with a forearm) especially to the head or neck ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v.intr. 1 tremble with cold, fear, etc. 2 suffer a quick trembling movement of the body; shudder. --n. 1 a momentary shivering movement. 2 (in pl.) an attack of shivering, esp. from fear or horror (got the shivers in the dark). Derivatives shiverer n. shiveringly adv. shivery adj. Etymology: ME chivere, perh. f. chavele chatter (as JOWL(1)) 2. n. & v. --n. (esp. in pl.) each of the small pieces into which esp. glass is shattered when broken; a splinter. --v.tr. & intr. break into shivers. Phrases and idioms shiver my timbers a reputed piratical curse. Etymology: ME scifre, rel. to OHG scivaro splinter f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. дрожь, трепет, содрогание; дрожание a shiver of horror —- дрожь ужаса to give a shiver —- заставить поежиться a shiver went down one's spine —- по спине мороз прошел 2. припадок дрожи (от ужаса, омерзения) to get the shivers —- содрогаться от ужаса, омерзения to give smb. the cold shivers —- привести кого-либо в трепет, заставить кого-либо содрогнуться it gives me the shivers to think of it —- без содрогания не могу об этом думать, меня в дрожь бросает от одной мысли об этом 3. разг. лихорадка; озноб he has the shivers —- его трясет 4. дрожать; вздрагивать; трястись; трепетать to shiver with cold —- трястись от холода to shiver inwardly —- содрогаться внутренне to shiver at the thought of smth. —- содрогнуться при мысли о чем-либо 5. мор. заполаскивать (о парусах) 6. осколок, обломок all to shivers —- вдребезги to break in shivers —- разбить вдребезги 7. мин. сланец 8. разбивать вдребезги to shiver a glass —- разбить вдребезги стакан 9. разбиваться Id: shiver my soul!, shiver my timbers! —- мор. жарг. черт меня побери! ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun; oft. pl. дрожь, трепет; to give a (little) shiver - заставить поежиться; to give smb. the shivers coll. - нагнать страху на кого-л. 2. v. 1) дрожать, вздрагивать; трястись; трепетать; The children waited outside the school, shivering with cold. 2) полоскать(ся) (о парусах) II 1. noun 1) usu. pl. обломок, осколок; to break to shivers - разбиваться вдребезги 2) min. сланец, шифер 2. v. разбивать(ся) вдребезги Syn: see break ...Англо-русский словарь
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