TREMOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tremor mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREMOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

shudder; tremor

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

quiver; quivering; vibration (the act of vibrating)

Sense 2

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 or 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)

Derivation:

tremor (shake with seismic vibrations)

Sense 3

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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shake with seismic vibrations

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

quake; tremor

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:

Something ----s

Derivation:

tremor (a small earthquake)

 Context examples 

Symptoms can include tremors, voice problems or a dragging foot.

(Dystonia, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

A question about whether an individual has or had tremors.

(Have Tremor, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about an individual's frequency of tremors over the past seven days.

(Past Seven Days Frequency of Tremors, NCI Thesaurus)

“What, you have had some news?” cried my uncle, and I noticed a tremor in his voice.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On Wednesday, the strong tremor left five dead and, by early reports, at least 30 injured.

(Aftershocks increase death toll of magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Philippines, Wikinews)

A tremor of the wrist that is observed when the wrist is extended.

(Asterixis, NCI Thesaurus)

But when I drew near, she clung to me, and I could know that the poor soul shook her from head to feet with a tremor that was pain to feel.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The least common subtype of cerebral palsy, in which the individual displays hypotonia, a loss of motor coordination, and an intention tremor.

(Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

Tremors are a type of dyskinesia.

(Movement Disorders, NIH)

Shivering or moderate tremors of the body often accompanied by a cold sensation.

(Chills, NCI Thesaurus)