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Quake
01
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity
Informal
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
quakes
Examples
The quake damaged several buildings near the coast.
to quake
01
shake with fast, tremulous movements
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
quake
3rd person singular
quakes
Present participle
quaking
Past simple
quaked
Past participle
quaked
Examples
She quaked with fear as footsteps approached.
02
shake with seismic vibrations
Examples
The ground quaked beneath their feet.
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