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shivers

shivers is the plural of shiver.

shivers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shiver.

Meaning of shiver

Noun (1)

shiver (plural shivers)

  1. The act of shivering.
    • A shiver went up my spine.
  2. A bodily response to early hypothermia.

Noun (2)

shiver (plural shivers)

  1. A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
    1. (Norfolk) A splinter of wood embedded in the flesh
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A thin slice; a shive.
    • a shiver of their own loaf1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
  3. A variety of blue slate.

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Proper noun capitalized: Shivers

Shivers

  1. (plural) plural of Shiver

Phrases with shivers

Questions about shivers

What is shivers the plural of?
Shivers is the plural of shiver.
What part of speech is shivers?
Shivers is a proper noun.

Words near shivers in the dictionary

  1. shivering Jemmy
  2. shivering owl
  3. shivering owls
  4. shiveringly
  5. shiverings
  6. shivers
  7. shiversome
  8. shivery
  9. shives
  10. shiving
  11. Shivini

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