[ˈʃɪvə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited
(e.g: they shivered in the damp foggy cold)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele ‘to chatter’, from Old English ceafl ‘jaw’

[ˈʃɪvə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a momentary trembling movement
(e.g: she gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele ‘to chatter’, from Old English ceafl ‘jaw’

[ˈʃɪvə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- each of the small fragments into which something such as glass is shattered when broken; a splinter


Phrases:
- shiver my timbers

Origin:
Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning ‘to split’; related to German Schiefer ‘slate’

[ˈʃɪvə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break into such splinters or fragments
(e.g: the world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour)


Phrases:
- shiver my timbers

Origin:
Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning ‘to split’; related to German Schiefer ‘slate’