SHIVER


Meaning of SHIVER in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ little , slight , small

▪ involuntary

▪ sudden

▪ cold , icy

▪ delicious

a delicious ~ of pleasure

VERB + SHIVER

▪ give

She gave a little ~ and laughed.

▪ feel

He felt a ~ of excitement.

▪ send

His appearance sent a cold ~ down her spine.

▪ suppress

She tried to suppress a ~ of anticipation.

SHIVER + VERB

▪ go , pass , run

A ~ of unease ran through the audience.

PREPOSITION

▪ with a ~

‘I'm scared!’ she admitted, with a ~.

▪ ~ of

a ~ of fear

PHRASES

▪ get the ~s

I get the ~s when I think about it.

▪ give sb the ~s , send ~s down sb's spine

Just thinking about flying gives me the ~s.

Her beautiful voice sends ~s down your spine.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ uncontrollably , violently

▪ a little , slightly

▪ involuntarily

She ~ed involuntarily as he approached her.

▪ visibly

VERB + SHIVER

▪ begin to , start to

▪ make sb

His cruel and callous comments made me ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ at

He ~ed at the thought of it.

▪ from , in

Her body ached and ~ed from the frosty air.

to ~ in fear

▪ with

I was ~ing with cold.

PHRASES

▪ ~ at the thought (of sth) ( figurative )

He ~ed at the thought of having to run for election.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .