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Webster 1913 Edition
Tremble
Trem′ble
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trembled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trembling
.] 1.
To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; – said of a person or an animal.
I
tremble
still with fear. Shakespeare
Frighted Turnus
trembled
as he spoke. Dryden.
2.
To totter; to shake; – said of a thing.
The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top
Shall
Shall
tremble
. Milton.
3.
To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.
Trem′ble
,Noun.
An involuntary shaking or quivering.
I am all of a
tremble
when I think of it. W. Black.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tremble
TREM'BLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke.
2.
To shake; to quiver; to totter. Sinai's gray top shall tremble.
3.
To quaver; to shake, as sound; as when we say, the voice trembles.Definition 2024
tremble
tremble
See also: tremblé
English
Verb
tremble (third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled)
- (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
- Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears. The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.
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Translations
to shake
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Noun
tremble (plural trembles)
Translations
a shake