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quake

  [kweyk] verb, quaked, quak⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
2. (of things) to shake or tremble, as from shock, internal convulsion, or instability: The earth suddenly began to quake.
–noun
3. an earthquake.
4. a trembling or tremulous agitation.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE cwacian to shake, tremble

Related forms:
quak⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. shudder. See shiver 1 . 2. quiver.
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quake   (kwāk)   
intr.v.   quaked, quak·ing, quakes
  1. To shake or tremble, as from instability or shock.
  2. To shiver, as with cold or from strong emotion. See Synonyms at shake.
n.  
  1. An instance of quaking.
  2. An earthquake.

[Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian.]
quak'y adj.
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Quake

Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. Quagmire.]

1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. "Quaking for dread." --Chaucer.

She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P. Sidney.

2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs." --Macaulay.

Quake

Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.] To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.

Quake

Quake\, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
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Language Translation for : quake
Spanish: temblar, estremecerse,
German: zittern,
Japanese: ふるえる
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quake  (v.)
O.E. cwacian "quake, tremble, chatter (of teeth)," related to cweccan "to shake, swing, move, vibrate," of unknown origin with no certain cognates outside Eng. Perhaps somehow imitative. The noun is attested from c.1300, but was rare except in combinations.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Quake
A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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