shiver
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
Types & categories
- reflex hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Types & categories
- tremble hypernym
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Sense 3 noun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
a frisson of surprise shot through him
Types & categories
- fearfulness hypernym
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Sense 4 verb
shake, as from cold
The children are shivering--turn on the heat!
Types & categories
- move involuntarily hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | didder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shudder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tremble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shivery |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rickety |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reflex |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tremor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiver |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tremble |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tickle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inebriate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shiver |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tingle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chilling |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fearfulness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tremor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tremble |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shivering |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move involuntarily |