Quiver

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Nimble; active; spry.
  • noun. The act or state of quivering; a tremulous motion; a tremor; a flutter; a shudder; a shiver.
  • To quake; tremble; shake tremulously; shudder; shiver.
  • To flutter or be agitated with a tremulous motion.
  • Synonyms Quake, etc. See shiver.
  • noun. A case for holding arrows or crossbow-bolts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Nimble; active.
  • noun. The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
  • intransitive verb. To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
  • noun. A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
  • noun. A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
  • noun. The collective noun for cobras.
  • noun. Shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion.
  • noun. A multidigraph.
  • adjective. Nimble, active.
  • verb. To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
  • noun. case for holding arrows
  • noun. the act of vibrating
  • verb. shake with fast, tremulous movements
  • noun. a shaky motion
  • verb. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
  • verb. move back and forth very rapidly
  • Word Usage
    "A quiver is where you keep arrows until you shoot them."
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    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    case  fear  fearfulness  fright  move  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Liver  deliver  downriver  giver  liver  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ache  flicker  flush  flutter  gasp  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Bebung  active  all-overs  bale  bang  
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