a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

of persons and animals; feeling no warmth; " got chilled at the football game"; " shivering in her thin coat"

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"

Involuntary contraction or twitching of the muscles. It is a physiologic method of heat production in man and other mammals.

1. Trembling from cold or fear. 2. A spasmodic affection, resembling chorea, affecting the thigh muscles of the horse.

A trembling; a shaking with cold or fear.

Lord, how he was shivering, what a fever he was in!... – The Twilight of the Souls by Louis Couperus

At first he shivered all over, then the shivering ceased and little by little he began to lose consciousness. – Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy

When the first storm was over, and I lay shivering in the bright interval, two children came out of the house and played about in the garden, running several times round and round my heap. – 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany by Gerald Featherstone Knight

The morning, which had been so cold, gradually became more genial as the sun rose above us, and both Mr. Eyre and myself forgot that we had so lately been shivering, under the influence of the more agreeable temperature which then prevailed. – Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt

The last time I saw him he was shivering." – Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon

He climbed out and hurried in pursuit, but the men were soon out of sight, and Billy returned shivering to the store. – A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Charles Major

And when they stopped, breathless and shivering, they heard soft dreadful sounds. – The Underpup by I. A. R. Wylie

Steve, crouched on the bench opposite him, was shivering and sobbing. – The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard

Has that dog stopped shivering yet? – Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens

Fred has never come in, said Susan, in a shivering whisper; is it very late? – The Doctor's Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Then he became conscious of a tremulous shivering in one corner of the room, and he remembered that he had heard from that direction what sounded like a frightened sigh when he made the first suggestion of the duel. – Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough

For a moment there was no sound; then, with a little shivering sigh, she roused herself. – The Deserter by Charles King

The shivering fit lasted the better part of an hour. – Love and Lucy by Maurice Henry Hewlett

She was shivering with cold, and her friend's long absence began to annoy her. – The Emperor, Part 2, Volume 9. by Georg Ebers

He went in shivering fear which he tried desperately to conceal. – Sinister Paradise by Robert Moore Williams

She was actually shivering, probably from both fear and cold. – A Year in the Fields by John Burroughs

Caesar crept whining and shivering to the side of the road. – The Bars of Iron by Ethel May Dell

She sat and watched him for a while, shivering. – Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

Though it is too bad of me to keep you out, she said, as they went on, for you are shivering. – Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie

The young woman walked beside him, holding his arm and shivering with cold in her handsome gray cloak. – Their Son; The Necklace by Eduardo Zamacois