Noun
reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

Noun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

Verb
shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"

Verb
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

n.
One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

n.
A thin slice; a shive.

n.
A variety of blue slate.

n.
A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

n.
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

n.
A spindle.

v. t.
To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

v. i.
To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

v. i.
To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

v. t.
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

n.
The act of shivering or trembling.

Shiver

Of your soft bread, not but a shiver.

Shiver

All the ground With shivered armor strown.

Shiver

There shiver shafts upon shields thick.

The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms.

Shiver

Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver.

The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in.

Shiver

Shiver

One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

The act of shivering or trembling.