QUIVER
\kwˈɪvə], \kwˈɪvə], \k_w_ˈɪ_v_ə]\
Definitions of QUIVER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
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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"
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case for holding arrows
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move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
By Princeton University
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move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
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case for holding arrows
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
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A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
By Oddity Software
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To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
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A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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