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Trembling

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Noun

1. palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration

a shaky motion

Example Sentences:
'the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe'

Adjective

2. shaky, shivering, trembling

vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

Example Sentences:
'a quaking bog'
'the quaking child asked for more'
'quivering leaves of a poplar tree'
'with shaking knees'
'seemed shaky on her feet'
'sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier'
'trembling hands'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Trembling

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to vibrate with short slight movements; quiver
2. 
to shake involuntarily, as with cold or fear; shiver
3. 
to experience fear or anxiety
noun
4. 
the act or an instance of trembling

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Trembling

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈtrembled or ˈtrembling
1. 
to shake involuntarily from cold, fear, excitement, fatigue, etc.; shiver
2. 
to feel great fear or anxiety
3. 
to quiver, quake, totter, vibrate, etc.
4. 
to quaver
her voice trembled
noun
5. 
a. 
the act or condition of trembling
b.  [sometimes pl.]
a fit or state of trembling
6.  US; [pl.]
a disease of cattle and sheep caused by a poisonous, oily alcohol contained in certain plants, as white snakeroot, and characterized by muscular tremors and a stumbling gait: communicated to humans as milk sickness

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Trembling

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intr.v. trem·bled, trem·bling, trem·bles
1. To shake involuntarily, as from excitement or anger; quake. See Synonyms at shake.
2. To feel fear or anxiety: I tremble at the very thought of it.
3. To vibrate or quiver: leaves trembling in the breeze.
n.
1. The act or state of trembling.
2. trembles A convulsive fit of shaking. Used with the.
3. trembles (used with a sing. verb)
a. Poisoning of domestic animals, especially cattle and sheep, caused by eating white snakeroot or the composite plant Isocoma pluriflora of the southwest United States and northern Mexico, and characterized by muscular tremors and weakening. Also called milk sickness.
b. Any of several other animal diseases characterized by trembling, such as louping ill.

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