quiver

Definizione monolingua

quiver

quiver (third-person singular simple present quivers, present participle quivering, simple past and past participle quivered)

1. (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene III, line 12:

     The birds chaunt melody on every bush, The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun, The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind And make a checkerd shadow on the ground.

quiver (plural quivers)

1. (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene I, line 271:

     Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.

   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 39:

     Arrows were carried in quiver, called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle.

2. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.

   Hes got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.

3. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
4. Shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion.
5. (mathematics) A multidigraph.

quiver (comparative more quiver, superlative most quiver)

1. (archaic) Nimble, active.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II, Act III, Scene II, line 281:

     […] there was a little quiver fellow, and a would manage you his piece thus; and a would about and about, and come you in and come you in.

Definizione dizionario quiver

	faretra
	To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
	arrow container
	A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

tremare

brivido

fremere

rabbrividire

tremito

tremolio

turcasso

Altri significati:

(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.

(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

(mathematics) A multidigraph.

shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion

Shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion.

slight tremor or movement

(archaic) Nimble, active.

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

(obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.