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quake English

Meaning quake meaning

What does quake mean?
Definitions in simple English

quake Noun

— A quake is a shaking of something, usually a building.

quake Verb

— When something quakes, it trembles and shakes. Be careful! The ground was quaking a little bit just now. — When you quake, you shake with fear.

quake

— noun (= earthquake) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity — verb (= palpitate) shake with fast, tremulous movements His nostrils palpitated — verb shake with seismic vibrations The earth was quaking

Synonyms quake synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as quake?

quake English » English

shake tremble quiver shiver tremor shudder earthquake vibrate trembling shaking temblor quaver wave vibration shock seism quaking palpitate quivering wigwag waggle wag swing shimmy shake violently rock rattle jolting jolt flutter bump wobble wiggle waver waddle wabble vibratory movement vibratory motion vibrating vibrance vibra vibes tumble trepidation tremulation tremblor trembler totter thunder terror

Topics quake topics

What do people use quake to talk about?
Universe, creation World Land

Earthquake
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body

Conjugation quake conjugation

How do you conjugate quake?

quake · verb

Examples quake examples

How do I use quake in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.
If the wolf had made the girl quake with terror, it seemed like a lamb beside this dreadful lion.
The quake damaged many old buildings.

Movie subtitles

Now could I drink hot blood and do such bitter business as the day would quake to look on.
I'll make them quake with fear and tremble.
Did you hear those sounds just before the quake?
He must've fallen during the quake.
I thought we heard a girl screaming during the quake.
Another quake.
What need for the advice of cowards, who quake and pale under fire?
Commanders of cowardice who quake and pale.
No one would be willing to accept this as proof. and people would quake with fear, as they did before.
Go with something classic and timeless, something that looks like Keith Richards might have throw up on it at some point, something that would make Jon Bon Jovi quake in his acid-washed jeans.
A strong earth-quake took place in Agadir, Morocco.
You're going to stare them down and make them quake in their boots.
A UFO was reported over the area a few hours before the quake struck.
There's a sea bottom quake due.
The main force of the quake angled down Twin Peaks to Market Street, creating a corridor of destruction in the residential district.
The quake's due in less than two hours. - How far are the ruins, Rila?
We'll bombard the unpopulated pressure areas with phaser beams and change the epicentre of the quake so it won't endanger your people or your city.
Sensors indicate the epicentre of the quake was in the north polar seas, Captain, a totally uninhabited area.
Well, I know you'll laugh, but I think we're gonna have a really big quake.
It's gone up half an inch since the quake.
That could be a worse disaster than the quake itself.
And suppose we release this information and there isn't a big quake?
How big a quake?
Well, he could announce that it's necessary to prevent looting at the Valley quake site.
You remember the Sylmar quake. A lot of buildings that met the code collapsed.
I quake because of it.
Quake with fear, privileged scum!
So quake with fear, you tiny fools.
I saw the earth quake. and I saw the moon became like blood.
It was two years after the Sylmar quake.
Quake not, my dear Tristan, I will entertain her.
The sun will turn to darkness and the earth will quake and the stars shall fall from the sky.
O, tyrant, hear his mighty name and quake!
That's the third quake since we got here.
She disappeared only a few hours before the first quake struck New York City.
There's something on the news about the quake!
The quake in southern Turkey measured 7.3 on the Richter scale.
When my hips move, I want this room to quake.
That was no quake.

News and current affairs

One might think that foreign investors would quake in terror at these terms and shy away from dollar-denominated assets.
The quake itself killed perhaps 100,000 people.
The fact that the quake hit the capital, and demolished every center of social activity, destroyed the systems upon which daily urban life depends.
The echoes of the Iraqi quake are being felt in every Arab capital, including those that put their faith in oil riches to protect them from popular discontent.
The quake also destroyed roughly 20,000 buildings, temporarily displacing another 65,000 people.
Local authorities in Yunnan province, however, are considering damming the Salween in the quake-prone upstream region.
The government and army worked hand in hand with legions of volunteers and private networks to rescue quake victims.

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