| VERB | motion | quake, quiver, palpitate | shake with fast, tremulous movements |
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| motion | quake, tremor | shake with seismic vibrations | |
| NOUN | event | quake, earthquake, temblor, seism | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity |
| Sounds | kwey'k | |
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| Rhymes | ache ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... | |
| Meaning | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity. | |
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| Synonyms | earthquake, temblor, seism | |
| Narrower | seaquake, submarine earthquake | An earthquake at the sea bed |
| shock, seismic disturbance | An instance of agitation of the earth's crust | |
| tremor, earth tremor, microseism | A small earthquake | |
| Broader | geological phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth |
| Spanish | chaka, sacudida, seísmo, sismo, temblor, terremoto, terremotos | |
| Catalan | sisme, sotrac, sotragada, terratrèmol | |
| Verbs | quake | shake with seismic vibrations |
| Meaning | shake with fast, tremulous movements. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | quiver, palpitate | |
| Broader | tremble | Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways |
| Spanish | temblar | |
| Catalan | estremir-se, trémer, tremolar, trepidar, vibrar | |
| Nouns | quaker | one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear |
| Meaning | shake with seismic vibrations. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | tremor | |
| Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
| Spanish | temblar | |
| Nouns | quake | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity |
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