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Meanings of quiver in English

Russian
колчан
Portuguese
multigrafo orientado
Spanish
multigrafo orientado
Catalan
quiver
Wikidata

Generalization of a graph.

        колчан
        Portuguese
        tremedeira
        Catalan
        estremiment
        Spanish
        estremecimiento

        An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.

            tremedeira
            Portuguese
            tremor
            Catalan
            estremiment
            Spanish
            temblor

            A shaky motion.

                tremor
                Portuguese
                bater de asas
                Catalan
                estremir-se
                Spanish
                revolotear

                Move back and forth very rapidly.

                      bater de asas
                      Usage of quiver in English
                      1
                      Something in the words and in the appealing beauty made Marg quiver.
                      The Man Thou Gavest
                      2
                      And the very quiver in his voice seemed in a manner intentional.
                      The Seven Who Were Hanged
                      3
                      All the arrows in the quiver of his noble wrath are spent.
                      The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
                      4
                      Their latticed roots seemed to quiver with the violence of the gesture.
                      Woken furies
                      5
                      The thin walls seem to quiver under the pressure of the air.
                      The New Book of Martyrs
                      6
                      The letters are not the only arrows in my quiver, Miss Eustis.
                      Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
                      7
                      He laughed until everything in the room seemed to rattle and quiver.
                      The Poison Belt
                      8
                      He saw her lips quiver; saw the tears start to her eyes.
                      Tommy
                      9
                      Look at her bow and quiver, and the moon in her hair.
                      The Marriage of William Ashe
                      10
                      The solicitous note in her voice made Reggie quiver like a jelly.
                      A Damsel in Distress
                      11
                      At last the brave warrior had but three arrows in his quiver.
                      The Book of Nature Myths
                      12
                      The spirit begins to quiver, or maybe shimmer is a better word.
                      I'll never get out of this world alive
                      13
                      The name was the merest whisper and held a quiver of fear.
                      Up the Hill and Over
                      14
                      A wild responding shout, terrible in its fierceness, made the air quiver.
                      Ten Nights in a Bar Room
                      15
                      The fire shall scorch their faces, and their lips shall quiver therein:-
                      The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
                      16
                      The windows rattled sharply and the earth beneath them seemed to quiver.
                      The Man from Brodney's