Quake

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See
     {Quake}, v. t.]
     To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Quake \Quake\, n.
     A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder;
     a quivering.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Quaking}.] [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.
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              She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
              hawk is ready to seize.               --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quake
       n : shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting
           from underground movement along a fault plane of from
           volcanic activity [syn: {earthquake}, {temblor}, {seism}]
       v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
            palpitated" [syn: {quiver}, {palpitate}]
       2: shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn:
           {tremor}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "quake":
     apoplexy, be cold, bob, bobble, bounce, breakup, bump, cataclysm,
     chatter, chill, climax, convulsion, diastrophism, didder, disaster,
     dither, earthquake, falter, fidget, fit, flip out, fluctuate,
     flutter, freak out on, freeze, freeze to death, get high on, glow,
     go pitapat, grimace, grow cold, have a chill, have an ague,
     have goose pimples, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave,
     horripilate, hustle, jactitate, jar, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle,
     jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, lose heat, overthrow,
     palpitate, pant, paroxysm, perish with cold, quaker, quaver,
     quiver, rictus, shake, shake all over, shiver, shock, shudder,
     spasm, squirm, stagger, stroke, swell, swell with emotion, temblor,
     thrill, thrill to, throb, tic, tidal wave, tingle,
     tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, trembler,
     tremblor, tremor, tsunami, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn,
     twitch, twitter, upheaval, vibrate, waver, wiggle, wobble, wriggle,
     writhe
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Quake
       
          A string-oriented language designed to support the
          construction of {Modula-3} programs from {module}s, interfaces
          and libraries.  Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993.