Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Trembling; fear; agitation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
quake , v. - (Bot.) an American species of poplar (
Populus tremuloides ), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. SeeAspen . - a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon.
- (Bot.) Rattlesnake grass (
Glyceria Canadensis ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
action of the verb toquake . - adjective That
shakes orshivers . - verb Present participle of
quake .
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Examples
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The term quaking bog is derived from the quaking sensation one feels while walking across these floating vegetative mats.
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I even went to the trouble of keying out the Latin name thank God for guidebooks and found that it’s exactly the same species of tree: Populus tremuloides, or what we call quaking aspen.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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I even went to the trouble of keying out the Latin name thank God for guidebooks and found that it’s exactly the same species of tree: Populus tremuloides, or what we call quaking aspen.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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I even went to the trouble of keying out the Latin name thank God for guidebooks and found that it’s exactly the same species of tree: Populus tremuloides, or what we call quaking aspen.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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I even went to the trouble of keying out the Latin name thank God for guidebooks and found that it’s exactly the same species of tree: Populus tremuloides, or what we call quaking aspen.
Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008
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Overview: Of all the aging statistics that get tossed around these days, the one that has me quaking is that the population of people aged 65 and older will rise by 36 percent between 2010 (that’s next year, folks) and 2020.
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Overview: Of all the aging statistics that get tossed around these days, the one that has me quaking is that the population of people aged 65 and older will rise by 36 percent between 2010 (that’s next year, folks) and 2020.
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But just as the audience is luxuriating in his admirableness, Don tries to buck up Peggy, still quaking from the scolding he gave her, by telling her to “go home, put your curlers in …” It’s the kind of casually sexist remark that makes today’s viewers squirm.
Mad About Mad Men 2009
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But just as the audience is luxuriating in his admirableness, Don tries to buck up Peggy, still quaking from the scolding he gave her, by telling her to “go home, put your curlers in …” It’s the kind of casually sexist remark that makes today’s viewers squirm.
Mad About Mad Men 2009
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But just as the audience is luxuriating in his admirableness, Don tries to buck up Peggy, still quaking from the scolding he gave her, by telling her to “go home, put your curlers in …” It’s the kind of casually sexist remark that makes today’s viewers squirm.
Mad About Mad Men 2009
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