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trembling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tremble \Trem"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trembled}; p. pr & vb n. {Trembling}.] [F. trembler, fr L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr ?, Lith. trimti Cf {Tremulous}, {Tremor}.] 1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal. I tremble still with fear. --Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. --Dryden. 2. To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. --Milton. 3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trembling \Trem"bling\, a. Shaking; tottering; quivering. -- {Trem"bling*ly}, adv {Trembling poplar} (Bot.), the aspen. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trembling adj : 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: {quaking}, {quivering}, {shaking}, {shaky}, {shivering}] n : a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: {shaking}, {shakiness}, {tremor}, {quiver}, {quivering}, {vibration}, {palpitation}]
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