noun
Meaning 1
A tremble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
trembling
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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/ˈtɹɛmblɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: T R EH1 M B AH0 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of tremble
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a quaking bog
- the quaking child asked for more
- quivering leaves of a poplar tree
- with shaking knees
- seemed shaky on her feet
- sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier
- trembling hands
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shaky, shivering
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a shaky motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shaking, shakiness, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motion
Narrower terms: tremolo, tremor
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: треперене (treperene) — a tremble
- Bulgarian: трептене (treptene) — a tremble
- Czech: třes — a tremble
- Czech: třesavka — a tremble
- German: Zittern — a tremble
- German: Beben — a tremble
- Ancient Greek: τρόμος (trómos) — a tremble
- Hindi: ठिठुरन (ṭhiṭhuran) — a tremble
- Hindi: कँपकँपी (kãpkãpī) — a tremble
- Ingrian: vire — a tremble
- Latin: tremor — a tremble
- Spanish: tembleque — a tremble
- Tamil: நடுக்கம் (naṭukkam) — a tremble
Real reading context