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Meaning of shivering

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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