name
Meaning 1
The 99th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quake
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kweɪk/
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rhymes with -eɪk
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CMU ARPABET: K W EY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A trembling or shaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Something devastating, like a strong earthquake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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verb
Meaning 5
To tremble or shake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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noun
Meaning 7
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthquake, temblor, seism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geological phenomenon
Narrower terms: shock, seismic disturbance, tremor, earth tremor, microseism, seaquake, submarine earthquake
verb
Meaning 8
shake with seismic vibrations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The earth was quaking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tremor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shake, agitate
verb
Meaning 9
shake with fast, tremulous movements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His nostrils palpitated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quiver, palpitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tremble
History
Etymology
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سورة الزلزلة — 99th sura of the Qur'an
- Bulgarian: треперене (treperene) — trembling or shaking
- Catalan: tremolor — trembling or shaking
- Dutch: beving — trembling or shaking
- Galician: tremor — trembling or shaking
- Georgian: ცახცახი (caxcaxi) — trembling or shaking
- Georgian: კანკალი (ḳanḳali) — trembling or shaking
- Georgian: თრთოლა (trtola) — trembling or shaking
- German: Beben — trembling or shaking
- Russian: тряска (tryaska) — trembling or shaking
- Arabic: اِقْشَعَرَّ (iqšaʕarra) — tremble or shake
- Arabic: قَشْعَر (gašʕar) — tremble or shake
- Bulgarian: треперя (treperja) — tremble or shake
- Bulgarian: треса се (tresa se) — tremble or shake
- Catalan: tremolar — tremble or shake
- Georgian: თრთოლა (trtola) — tremble or shake
- Georgian: კანკალი (ḳanḳali) — tremble or shake
- Georgian: ცახცახი (caxcaxi) — tremble or shake
- German: beben — tremble or shake
- Greenlandic: nuna sajuppoq — tremble or shake
- Hindi: काँपना (kā̃pnā) — tremble or shake
- Italian: tremare — tremble or shake
- Latin: quassō — tremble or shake
- Māori: ngarue — tremble or shake
- Māori: ngāruerue — tremble or shake
- Māori: whakaruerue — tremble or shake
- Old English: āgrīsan — tremble or shake
- Lower Sorbian: rdžaś — tremble or shake
- Swedish: skaka — tremble or shake