quake

n. அதிர்வு; (பே-வ.) நிலநடுக்கம்; (வினை) அதிர், நில வகையில் நில நடுக்கத்தின் போது அதிர்வுறு; சதுப்புநில வகையில் ஆட்டங்கொடு; குளிரால் நடுங்கு.

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Quake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaking.] Etym: [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, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See Quake, v. t.] Defn: To cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak. Quake, n. Defn: A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.