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shivers

5 definitions • 7 examples
1
When people or animals shiver, they shake slightly because they feel cold, ill, or frightened:

Examples:

The poor dog - it's shivering!
He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt.
2
the act of shaking slightly because you are frightened, cold, or ill:

Examples:

I felt/gave a shiver as I looked out at the dark expanse of sea.
3
a condition in which you shiver because you are ill:

Examples:

She's aching and she has the shivers, so I've sent her to bed.
4
a feeling of being frightened of someone or something:

Examples:

I don't like him - he gives me the shivers.
5
(esp. of a person or animal) to shake slightly and quickly because of feeling cold, ill, or frightened:

Examples:

Your creepy look makes me shiver.
Robbins shivered in the chill air.

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