"quaking" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English quakynge, quakand, from Old English cwaciende (“quaking”), present participle of Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble”); equivalent to quake + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quakynge}} Middle English quakynge, {{inh|en|ang|cwaciende|t=quaking}} Old English cwaciende (“quaking”), {{der|en|ang|cwacian|t=to quake, tremble}} Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble”), {{suf|en|quake|-ing|id2=participial}} quake + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} quaking
  1. Shaking uncontrollably, especially due to fear or awe; trembling or shivering. Derived forms: quaking aspen, quaking bog
    Sense id: en-quaking-en-adj-anRqRep1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 9 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 52 18 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: quakings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English quakinge, quakyng, from Old English cwacung (“quaking, trembling”), equivalent to quake + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quakinge}} Middle English quakinge, {{inh|en|ang|cwacung|t=quaking, trembling}} Old English cwacung (“quaking, trembling”), {{suf|en|quake|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} quake + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quaking (countable and uncountable, plural quakings)
  1. The action of the verb quake. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: quivering, trembling, tremor Translations (the action of the verb to quake): τρόμος (trómos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), треперене (treperene) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From Middle English quakynge, quakand, from Old English cwaciende (“quaking”), present participle of Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble”); equivalent to quake + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quakynge}} Middle English quakynge, {{inh|en|ang|cwaciende|t=quaking}} Old English cwaciende (“quaking”), {{der|en|ang|cwacian|t=to quake, tremble}} Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble”), {{suf|en|quake|-ing|id2=participial}} quake + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} quaking
  1. present participle and gerund of quake Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: quake
    Sense id: en-quaking-en-verb-rYLEPbZC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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