Word a Day
tremble
What does tremble mean?
tremble (verb): to shake, quiver, or vibrate.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use tremble in a sentence?
- The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce tremble?
/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tremble come from?
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to tremble
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “tremble” mean?
to mount; to move upwards on
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to make prominent; emphasize
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to shake, quiver, or vibrate
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to cancel, invalidate, annul
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