v. i. | 1. | To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. |
2. | To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; | |
v. t. | 1. | To cause to quake. |
n. | 1. | A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering. |
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Verb | 1. | quake - shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" |
2. | quake - shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" Synonyms: tremor |
Quake - A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. |