One of the most common American typos in this area is to talk about someone’s “quivering voice.” Voices don’t quiver. The word “quiver” can be tricky because it means different things-many of which are ready to be a part of an action-packed story-but it doesn’t mean everything you might think it does. Your arrows might sit at the ready, but what’s their location strapped to your back called again? (How’s that for a correct but slightly complicated sentence?) Cool, huh? Plus, these quiver tree quivers probably made many people quiver over the years. Does it ever quiver when flocks of birds leave its branches? Is there any legend about its quavering voice? I don’t think so, but the hollow stems of this massive variety of the aloe family have a long history of being used for arrow quivers. The face he turned up to the troubled sky, the quivering of his clasped hands, the agony of his figure, remain associated with the lonely waste, in my remembrance, to this hour.And then there’s the Quiver Tree, native to Africa, also known as kokerboom in Afrikaans. (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) “It is my trade to risk my skin,” growled the archer but none the less he thrust his quiver over his hip again and turned his face for the west.
I could feel that the rest quivered, as I did, but we remained otherwise still. (His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) In an instant he was tense and alert, his eyes shining, his face set, his limbs quivering with eager activity. Marianne's lips quivered, and she repeated the word "Selfish?" in a tone that implied-"do you really think him selfish? (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) It wavered and quivered above us for a minute, the morning sun gleaming upon its sleek, sinuous coils. They rose expectant: eye and ear waited while the flesh quivered on my bones. (Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson) Sometimes, by the quivering of the water, he appeared to move a little, as if he were trying to rise. One Eye half arose in his excitement, his ears up, his tail straight out and quivering behind him. (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Our visitor stretched forward a quivering hand and picked up the Daily Telegraph, which still lay upon Holmes’s knee. Pulsate pulse throb (expand and contract rhythmically beat rhythmically) Move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion) The city pulsated with music and excitement Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion Move back and forth (move in one direction and then into the opposite direction) Tremble (move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways) Present simple: I / you / we / they quiver. Shudder tremor (an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)) Motility motion move movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
#QUIVER MEANING IN ENGLISH PORTABLE#
Quiver (shake with fast, tremulous movements)Ĭase (a portable container for carrying several objects)
Tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)) Tremolo ((music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quiver"): The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe Palpitation quiver quivering shakiness shaking trembling vibration An almost pleasurable sensation of frightĬhill frisson quiver shiver shudder thrill tingleįear fearfulness fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
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