| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | shiv·er |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sh v  r |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: shiv·ered, shiv·er·ing, shiv·ers
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To shake with or as if with cold; tremble. See synonyms at shake. 2. To quiver or vibrate, as by the force of the wind. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Nautical To cause (a sail) to flutter by sailing too close to the wind. | | NOUN: | 1. An instance of shivering or trembling. 2. shivers An attack of shivering. Used with the. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English chiveren, shiveren.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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