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Definition of 'shivering' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) chill, shivering
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

2. (adj) shaky, shivering, trembling
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"


Definition of 'shivering' Webster Dictionary 

1.  shivering
of Shiver


Definition of 'shivering' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  shivering
Involuntary contraction or twitching of the muscles. It is a physiologic method of heat production in man and other mammals.



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