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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)

  1. To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
  2. (nautical, transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Noun

shiver (plural shivers)

  1. The act of shivering.
  2. (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)

  1. A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
  2. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A thin slice; a shive.
  3. (geology) A variety of blue slate.
  4. (nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
  5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
  6. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A spindle.
Verb

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

  1. To break into splinters or fragments.

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