SHIVER


Meaning of SHIVER in English

n. & v. --n. (esp. in pl.) each of the small pieces into which esp. glass is shattered when broken; a splinter. --v.tr. & intr. break into shivers. øshiver my timbers a reputed piratical curse. [ME scifre, rel. to OHG scivaro splinter f. Gmc]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.