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# shudder

verb (shudder, shudders, shuddered, shuddering); noun (a shudder)

«shudder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To shudder is to shake suddenly, usually from fear, cold, or disgust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shudder/#m1)
2. A shudder is one such shake of the body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shudder/#m2)

### In the lessons

a sign of fear or horror in a story; a character shudders when something frightening or nasty is near or said.

### Examples

- Potentilla only shuddered and cried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shudder/#x1)
- The Prince gave a shudder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shudder/#x2)
- I shudder at the thought of spiders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shudder/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shudder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shudder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shudder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shudder.html) on Mova free.