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quake
1. n. A trembling or shaking.
We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
2. n. An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.
3. v. (intransitive) To tremble or shake.
I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to tremble or shake.

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If the wolf had made the girl quake with terror, it seemed like a lamb beside this dreadful lion.

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