Shiver

Noun

 * 1) a fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone
 * 2) the reaction when the body goes into the early stages of hypothermia.

Verb

 * 1) to break into splinters or fragments
 * 2) * 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, Norton (2005), page 1034:
 * he found a plaster bust of Napoleon, which stood with several other works of art upon the counter, lying shivered into fragments.

Derived terms

 * shiver my timbers

Verb

 * 1) To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
 * They stood outside for hours, shivering in the frosty air.
 * 1) * 1922,, 
 * He was shivering a little, for he had always been used to sleeping in a proper bed, and by this time his coat had worn so thin and threadbare from hugging that it was no longer any protection to him.
 * 1) * 1847,, , Chapter XVIII
 * Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, stopped near Mr. Eshton's chair, and said something to him in a low voice, of which I heard only the words, "old woman,"—"quite troublesome."

Noun

 * 1) The act or result of shivering.
 * A shiver went up my spine.

Adjectives for Shiver
cold; electric;  simultaneous;  protesting; timid; live; nervous.

Verbs for Shiver
allay—s; calm—s; repress—; restrain—; tremble with—; —agitates; —betrays; — convulses; —disquiets; —perturbs; —quavers ; —ripples ; —runs; —stirs.

Adverbs for Shiver
involuntarily; coldly; abnormally; timorously; inwardly; ceaselessly; feverishly.

Thesaurus
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Etymology 1
From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer ‘slate’).

Etymology 2
Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel.

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: hytistä, väristä
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: tiritar, temblar de frio, escalofrio

Noun

 * Finnish: hytinä, värinä, väristys
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese: calafrio

Derived terms

 * send shivers down someone's spine

Anagrams

 * shrive