Quake - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kweɪk|  American pronunciation of the word quake
Brit.  |kweɪk|  British pronunciation of the word quake

noun

- shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity (syn: earthquake, seism, temblor)

verb

- shake with fast, tremulous movements (syn: palpitate, quiver)
- shake with seismic vibrations (syn: tremor)

Extra examples

She was quaking with rage.

The explosion made the whole house quake.

...the quake registered 6.5 on the Richter scale, causing widespread damage...

The mountain quaked under our feet.

The children stood outside the school, quaking with cold.

Richmond was quaking with fury.

...a moderate tremor that some seismologists have interpreted as a premonitory sign of the catastrophic quake that is inevitable...

The heavy betters began to quake at this change of things.

The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.

An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: quake
he/she/it: quakes
present participle: quaking
past tense: quaked
past participle: quaked
noun
singular: quake
plural: quakes
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