TREMBLES

trembles, milk sickness

(noun) disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Trembles

plural of Tremble

Verb

trembles

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tremble

Noun

trembles

plural of tremble

Source: Wiktionary


TREMBLE

Trem"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trembling.] Etym: [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. trimti. Cf. Tremulous, Tremor.]

1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal. I tremble still with fear. Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.

2. To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing. The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. Milton.

3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.

Trem"ble, n.

Definition: An involuntary shaking or quivering. I am all of a tremble when I think of it. W. Black.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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