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1. (v.i.) tremble
to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, or cold; quake; quiver.
2. tremble
to be troubled with fear or apprehension.
3. tremble
to be tremulous.
4. (n.) tremble
the act of trembling.
5. tremble
trembles, (used with a sing. v.)
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME trem(b)len (v.) < OF trembler < VL *tremulāre, der. of L tremulustremulous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) tremble, shiver, shake
a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
2. (verb) tremble
move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
"His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
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1. (verb) tremble
to shake because you are cold, afraid, etc.
She trembled as she stood before the judges.; to tremble with hunger
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tremble
an involuntary shaking or quivering
2. (verb) tremble
to shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal
3. (verb) tremble
to totter; to shake; -- said of a thing
4. (verb) tremble
to quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles
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Sense: to shake eg with cold, fear, weakness etc
She trembled with cold; His hands trembled as he lit a cigarette.
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 Afrikaans: bewe |
 Arabic: يَرْتَجِف، يَرْتَعِش |
 Bulgarian: треперя |
 Brazilian: tremer |
 Czech: chvět se |
 German: zittern |
 Danish: ryste |
 Greek: τρέμω |
 Spanish: temblar |
 Estonian: värisema |
 Farsi: لرزیدن |
 Finnish: vapista |
 French: trembler |
 Hebrew: לִרעוֹד |
 Hindi: कांपना |
 Croatian: drhtati |
 Hungarian: reszket |
 Indonesian: menggigil |
 Icelandic: skjálfa |
 Italian: tremare |
 Japanese: 震える |
 Korean: 떨다 |
 Lithuanian: drebėti, virpėti |
 Latvian: trīcēt; drebēt |
 Malay: menggigil |
 Dutch: rillen |
 Norwegian: skjelve, sitre, riste |
 Polish: drżeć |
 Persian: لرزیدن |
 Pashto: لړزیدل |
 Portuguese: tremer |
 Romanian: a tremura |
 Russian: дрожать |
 Slovak: chvieť sa |
 Slovenian: drgetati |
 Serbian: drhtati |
 Swedish: darra, skaka, skälva |
 Thai: สั่น |
 Turkish: titremek |
 Taiwanese: 發抖，震顫 |
 Ukrainian: тремтіти, дрижати |
 Urdu: کانپنا، لرزنا |
 Vietnamese: run |
 Chinese: 发抖，哆嗦 |
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