Quake
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
quake
n 1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting
from underground movement along a fault plane of from
volcanic activity [syn: {earthquake}, {quake}, {temblor},
{seism}]
v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
palpitated" [syn: {quiver}, {quake}, {palpitate}]
2: shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn:
{tremor}, {quake}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quaking}.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. {Quagmire}.]
1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to
tremble. "Quaking for dread." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid,
as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind;
as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking
bogs." --Macaulay.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "quake":
apoplexy, be cold, bob, bobble, bounce, breakup, bump, cataclysm,
chatter, chill, climax, convulsion, diastrophism, didder, disaster,
dither, earthquake, falter, fidget, fit, flip out, fluctuate,
flutter, freak out on, freeze, freeze to death, get high on, glow,
go pitapat, grimace, grow cold, have a chill, have an ague,
have goose pimples, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave,
horripilate, hustle, jactitate, jar, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle,
jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, lose heat, overthrow,
palpitate, pant, paroxysm, perish with cold, quaker, quaver,
quiver, rictus, shake, shake all over, shiver, shock, shudder,
spasm, squirm, stagger, stroke, swell, swell with emotion, temblor,
thrill, thrill to, throb, tic, tidal wave, tingle,
tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, trembler,
tremblor, tremor, tsunami, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn,
twitch, twitter, upheaval, vibrate, waver, wiggle, wobble, wriggle,
writhe
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