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Definition shiver
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel.
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.
Etymology 2
From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer (“slate”)).
Noun
shiver (plural shivers)
- A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
- (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) 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, Britain, dialectal) 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.
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