shivering

shivering
    adj 1: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or
           cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "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" [syn: {shaky}, {shivering}, {trembling}]
    n 1: a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an
         infection and the development of a fever [syn: {chill},
         {shivering}]
    

Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shivered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Shivering}.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD.
   scheveren. See {Shiver} a fragment.]
   To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to
   dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
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         All the ground
         With shivered armor strown.              --Milton.
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78 Moby Thesaurus words for "shivering":
      ache, aching, agitated, ague, aguey, aguish, algid, all shook up,
      all-overish, aspen, blue with cold, bumpiness, chattering,
      chilblains, chill, chilliness, chilling, chilly, chorea, cold,
      cold creeps, cold shivers, cool, creeps, cryopathy, dithers,
      dithery, duck bumps, fidgeting, fidgety, fits and starts, fluttery,
      frostbite, frozen, frozen to death, goose bumps, goose pimples,
      gooseflesh, half-frozen, horripilation, in a quiver, jactation,
      jactitation, jerkiness, jittery, joltiness, jumpy, kibe, palsied,
      palsy, quaking, quavering, quavery, quivering, quivery, shakes,
      shaking, shaky, shivers, shivery, shook up, shuddering, skittery,
      spasms, succussatory, succussion, succussive, trembling, trembly,
      tremulant, tremulous, tremulousness, twitchy, twittery, vibrating,
      vibration, with chattering teeth, wobbly