tremor.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a shaking or quivering.
2 a thrill (of fear or exultation etc.).
3 (in full earth tremor) a slight earthquake.

--v.

intr. undergo a tremor or tremors. [ME f. OF tremour & L tremor f. tremere tremble]

tremor.html - n.
Mus.
1 a tremulous effect in playing stringed and keyboard instruments or singing, esp. by rapid reiteration of a note; in other instruments, by rapid alternation between two notes (cf. VIBRATO).
2 a device in an organ producing a tremulous effect. [It. (as TREMULOUS)]

tremor.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a shaking or quivering.
2 a thrill (of fear or exultation etc.).
3 (in full earth tremor) a slight earthquake.

--v.

intr. undergo a tremor or tremors. [ME f. OF tremour & L tremor f. tremere tremble]

tremor.html - See: FEAR AND TREMBLING.

tremor.html - n.
any parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, esp. a fluke, equipped with hooks or suckers, e.g. a liver fluke. [mod.L Trematoda f. Gk trematodes perforated f. trema hole]

tremor.html - v. & n.
--v.

intr.
1 shake involuntarily from fear, excitement, weakness, etc.
2 be in a state of extreme apprehension (trembled at the very thought of it).
3 move in a quivering manner (leaves trembled in the breeze).

--n.

1 a trembling state or movement; a quiver (couldn't speak without a tremble).
2 (in pl.) a disease (esp. of cattle) marked by trembling.

all of a tremble colloq.
1 trembling all over.
2 extremely agitated. trembling poplar an aspen.

tremblingly adv. [ME f. OF trembler f. med.L tremulare f. L tremulus TREMULOUS]