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# tremor

«tremor» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small earthquake or a shaking of the ground** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tremor, tremors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small earthquake or a shaking of the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#m1)

2) A slight shaking of part of the body, such as hands, that you cannot control. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#m2)

3) A shaking in the voice because of fear or strong feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, tremors are small earthquakes; scientists measure them with seismometers; aftershocks are tremors after a big quake. In health, some people have tremors in their hands. In stories, a tremor in the voice shows fear or emotion. Phrases: «earth tremor», «a slight tremor», «a tremor in her voice».

### examples

- We felt a small earth tremor during the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#x1)
- There was a tremor in his voice as he said goodbye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#x2)
- Grandpa has a tremor in his hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#x3)
- Scientists recorded several tremors after the earthquake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#x4)
- The tremor made the cups rattle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#x5)
- New Zealand has many small tremors every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/#x6)

### note

Countable. Related words: «tremble», «tremendous» (originally «making you tremble»). Earthquake safety: drop, cover and hold on — get under a sturdy table.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tremor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.