TREMOR

Pronunciation (US):

• TREMOR (noun)
  The noun TREMOR has 3 senses:

1. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
2. a small earthquake
3. shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)

  Familiarity information: TREMOR used as a noun is uncommon.

• TREMOR (verb)
  The verb TREMOR has 1 sense:

1. shake with seismic vibrations

  Familiarity information: TREMOR used as a verb is very rare.

• TREMOR (noun)

Meaning:

An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tremor; shudder

Hypernyms ("tremor" is a kind of...):

quiver; quivering; vibration (the act of vibrating)

Meaning:

A small earthquake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

earth tremor; microseism; tremor

Hypernyms ("tremor" is a kind of...):

earthquake; quake; seism; temblor (shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tremor"):

aftershock (a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake)

foreshock (a tremor preceding an earthquake)

Meaning:

Shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tremor" is a kind of...):

palpitation; quiver; quivering; shakiness; shaking; trembling; vibration (a shaky motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tremor"):

essential tremor (tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people; often mistaken for Parkinsonism but is not life-threatening and can usually be kept under control)

Holonyms ("tremor" is a part of...):

paralysis agitans; Parkinson's; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's syndrome; Parkinsonism; shaking palsy (a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination)

• TREMOR (verb)

Meaning:

Shake with seismic vibrations

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

tremor; quake

Context example:

The earth was quaking

Hypernyms (to "tremor" is one way to...):

agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)

Sentence frame:

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