quake Definition
quake (kwāk)
intransitive verb quaked, quak′·ing
- to tremble or shake, as the ground does in an earthquake
- to shudder or shiver, as from fear or cold
Etymology: ME quaken < OE cwacian
noun
- a shaking or tremor
- an earthquake, moonquake, etc.
quake Synonyms
quake Synonyms
quake Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: I was going to write a guide to playing Quake over the net for all you people who haven't tried it already.
- cause: Here you must explain ALL the factors that caused the 1995 quake to happen.
- do: My flesh creeps, and my body all does quake, When I think on't, I cannot sleep in peace!
- follow: On the days following the quake, we had a pretty ' normal ' time all things considered.
- make: People with no strength other than the secret strength of the poem have made tyranny quake.
Converse of subject
affect: No World Vision programs were directly affected by the quake.
Adjective modifier
- powerful: It was the most powerful quake to hit the region in five decades.
- strong: State radio described it as the strongest quake to hit Taiwan in decades.
- major: In the most recent major quake in an urban area in the USA, in San Francisco, only a handful died.
- large: In the past few months, the Japanese public had grown increasingly nervous about the possibility of a large quake.
- devastating: The public has the right to expect this level of response to devastating quakes.
Modifies a noun
- survivor: Indonesian quake survivors pray at a temporary shelter in Klaten, central Java, May 29, 2006.
- victim: British quake victim was boy, 12 20-10-2005 The first known British victim of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan was a 12-year-old boy.
- disaster: SIR - The recent tragedy of the Asian quake disaster has undoubtedly touched everyone's hearts.
- war: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars has been officially announced.
Noun used with modifier
- magnitude: Contrast that to less technologically complex parts of Turkey, Iran, China, or Central or South America hit by similar magnitude quakes.
- earth: Below is the chart for the terrible earth quake.
- mountain: In Nahum he is the great avenger before whom the mountains quake, but a stronghold and a refuge to his own.
Preposition: of
magnitude: In 1970 around 70,000 people were killed and 600,000 left homeless by a quake of the same magnitude.
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