shiver
verb
[ ˈʃɪvə ]
• shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.
• "they shivered in the damp foggy cold"
Similar:
tremble,
quiver,
shake,
shudder,
quaver,
quake,
vibrate,
palpitate,
flutter,
convulse,
shiver
noun
• a momentary trembling movement.
• "she gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms"
Similar:
tremble,
trembling,
quiver,
quivering,
shake,
start,
shudder,
shuddering,
quaver,
quake,
vibration,
tremor,
palpitation,
flutter,
convulsion,
twitch,
jerk,
Origin:
Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele ‘to chatter’, from Old English ceafl ‘jaw’.
shiver
noun
• each of the small fragments into which something such as glass is shattered when broken; a splinter.
Similar:
splinter,
sliver,
fragment,
chip,
shard,
paring,
shaving,
shred,
smithereen,
particle,
bit,
piece,
shiver
verb
• break into such splinters or fragments.
• "the world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour"
Origin:
Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning ‘to split’; related to German Schiefer ‘slate’.
