shiver

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   shake, as from cold

   The children are shivering--turn on the heat!

2. 2
   verb

   To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.

   They stood outside for hours, shivering in the frosty air.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of shivering.

   A shiver went up my spine.

4. 4
   noun

   A thin slice; a shive.

   a shiver of their own loaf

5. 5
   verb

   To break into splinters or fragments.

   The man, O Muse, inform, that many a way / Wound with his wisdom to his wished stay; / That wandered wondrous far, when he the town / Of sacred Troy had sack'd and shivered down; […]

6. 6
   noun

   a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

7. 7
   noun

   an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

8. 8
   verb

   tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

Etymology

From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer (“slate”)).