tremble

«tremble» in Mova's school dictionary: to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (tremble, trembles, trembled, trembling); noun (a tremble)

meaning for a pupil

1) To tremble is to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid, excited or weak. tree →

2) When things tremble, they shake a little, like leaves in the wind or the ground in a small earthquake. tree →

3) A tremble is a small shaking movement. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows strong feelings: «her voice trembled» tells the reader she was scared or upset. In science, the ground trembles in an earthquake. Phrases: «tremble with fear», «tremble with cold», «a trembling voice», «hands trembling».

examples

• My hands trembled before I went on stage. tree →
• The puppy trembled in the cold rain. tree →
• The ground trembled when the train went past. tree →
• Her voice trembled as she said sorry. tree →
• The leaves trembled in the breeze. tree →
• He trembled with excitement as he opened the present. tree →
• There was a tremble in his voice. tree →
• Anastasia trembled, and burst into tears. tree →

note

Regular verb: trembled, trembling. Similar words: shake, shiver (from cold), quiver. Tremble is usually small shaking, not big movements.

In the corpora

• Toad trembles and holds on to the table leg.
• Nervousness can make the voice shake and the hands fidget or tremble.
• The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
• And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou peaceably?'
• And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tremble» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.