quake
verb (used without object)
(of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like.
quakes
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pluralof quake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof quake (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
quakeverb (used without object)(of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like.
Example Sentences
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In my new study, I used seismic stations in Antarctica itself to look for signs of these quakes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall from glaciers into the sea.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Among Indonesia's history of deadly quakes is a devastating 9.1-magnitude tremor in 2004 that struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, including about 170,000 in Indonesia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
But, shortly after 6 p.m. on June 24, the two powerful quakes struck just 39 seconds apart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
New England has had two quakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater in the last two hundred years.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
