SHIVER

tremble, shiver, shake

(noun) a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle

(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; “a frisson of surprise shot through him”

shiver, shudder

(verb) shake, as from cold; “The children are shivering--turn on the heat!”

shudder, shiver, throb, thrill

(verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

shiver (third-person singular simple present shivers, present participle shivering, simple past and past participle shivered)

To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.

(nautical, transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

Noun

shiver (plural shivers)

The act of shivering.

(medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.^Wp

Etymology 2

Noun

shiver (plural shivers)

A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A thin slice; a shive.

(geology) A variety of blue slate.

(nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A spindle.

Verb

shiver (third-person singular simple present shivers, present participle shivering, simple past and past participle shivered)

To break into splinters or fragments.

Anagrams

• hivers, shrive

Proper noun

Shiver (plural Shivers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shiver is the 7812^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4238 individuals. Shiver is most common among White (83.62%) and Black/African American (12.79%) individuals.

Anagrams

• hivers, shrive

Source: Wiktionary

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Shiv"er, n. Etym: [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a splinter, slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a slate. See Shive, and cf. Skever.]

1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. "All to shivers dashed." Milton.

2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "A shiver of their own loaf." Fuller. Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. Chaucer.

3. (Geol.)

Definition: A variety of blue slate.

4. (Naut.)

Definition: A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Shiv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.] Etym: [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.]

Definition: To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet. All the ground With shivered armor strown. Milton.

Shiv"er, v. i.

Definition: To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered. There shiver shafts upon shields thick. Chaucer The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms. Woodward.

Shiv"er, v. i. Etym: [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.]

Definition: To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear. Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver. Swift. The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in. Creech.

Shiv"er, v. t. (Naut.)

Definition: To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

Shiv"er, n.

Definition: The act of shivering or trembling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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