Definitions for Shivering
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chill, shiveringadjective

   a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

2. shaky, shivering, tremblingadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shiveringnoun

   The action of shivering.

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1. Shivering

   Shivering (also called shuddering) is a bodily function in response to cold and extreme fear in warm-blooded animals. When the core body temperature drops, the shivering reflex is triggered to maintain homeostasis. Skeletal muscles begin to shake in small movements, creating warmth by expending energy. Shivering can also be a response to fever, as a person may feel cold. During fever, the hypothalamic set point for temperature is raised. The increased set point causes the body temperature to rise (pyrexia), but also makes the patient feel cold until the new set point is reached. Severe chills with violent shivering are called rigors. Rigors occur because the patient's body is shivering in a physiological attempt to increase body temperature to the new set point.

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1. shivering

   Shivering is a bodily function in response to cold in humans and animals, in which the muscles involuntarily contract and relax rapidly to generate heat and increase the body's temperature. It can also occur when a person experiences intense emotions such as fear or excitement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shivering

   of Shiver

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1. Shivering

   Shivering is a bodily function in response to early hypothermia in warm-blooded animals. When the core body temperature drops, the shivering reflex is triggered to maintain homeostasis. Muscle groups around the vital organs begin to shake in small movements in an attempt to create warmth by expending energy. Shivering can also be a response to a fever, as a person may feel cold, though their core temperature is already elevated. Located in the posterior hypothalamus near the wall of the third ventricle is an area called the primary motor center for shivering. This area is normally inhibited by signals from the heat center in the anterior hypothalamic-preoptic area but is excited by cold signals from the skin and spinal cord. Therefore, this center becomes activated when the body temperature falls even a fraction of a degree below a critical temperature level. Increased muscular activity results in the generation of heat as a byproduct. Most often, when the purpose of the muscle activity is to produce motion, the heat is wasted energy. In shivering, the heat is the main intended product and is utilized for warmth. Shivering can also appear after surgery. This is known as postanesthetic shivering.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shivering

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

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shivering

   To trim a ship's yards so that the wind strikes on the edges or leaches of the sails, making them flutter in the wind. The same effect may be intentionally produced by means of the helm.

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1. shrieving

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shivering in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shivering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Shivering in a Sentence

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   bonds are formed, death with the dead, those with no hope, the despair written in their eyes selling bit & pieces of shit called food for an extra sheet to put over their shivering bodies

2. Sydney Smith:

   To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.

3. Galina Baryshnikova:

   Her legs were moving, she had convulsions, her whole body was shaking, i put socks on her, then a robe, then a blanket, but she was shivering to such an extent, I ca n’t even describe it.

4. Fred Frazier:

   To see a little girl running alone by herself, that’s when he got very concerned, and she was shivering and cold. she stays right where she was told to stay.

5. Adrian Vella:

   In humans, brown adipose tissue likely explains about 1% or 2% of energy expenditure in cold situations, and shivering explains far more, so it's an exaggeration, between 1996 and 2009, I believe the environment has changed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Shivering
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shivering
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivering
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shivering
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Shivering
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Shivering