The definition of a shiver is a splinter of something broken.
(noun)An example of shiver is a small piece of broken glass.
Shiver is defined as to shake or tremble.
(verb)An example of to shiver is trembling from cold or fear.
See shiver in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME schievere, freq. formation < base of shive
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Origin: ME schiveren
intransitive verb
Origin: ME sheveren, altered < cheveren, altered < ? chivelen in same sense < OE ceafl, jaw (see jowl): prob. basic sense “to have chattering teeth”
transitive verb
noun
See shiver in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb shiv·ered, shiv·er·ing, shiv·ers verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English chiveren, shiveren
.verb shiv·ered, shiv·er·ing, shiv·ers verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English shiveren
Origin: , from shivere, splinter; see skei- in Indo-European roots
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