Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - shiver
Shiver
shiver
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
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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 to undergo trembling ; quiver, 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 an instance of ~ing ; tremble, an intense ~y sensation especially of fear, a hard blow (as with a forearm) especially to the head or neck ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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