"shake like a leaf" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-shake like a leaf.ogg Forms: shakes like a leaf [present, singular, third-person], shaking like a leaf [participle, present], shook like a leaf [past], shaken like a leaf [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shake<,,shook,shaken> like a leaf}} shake like a leaf (third-person singular simple present shakes like a leaf, present participle shaking like a leaf, simple past shook like a leaf, past participle shaken like a leaf)
  1. (simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; shiver Tags: idiomatic Translations (to tremble): hosto bat bezala ikaratu (Basque), chvět se jako osika (Czech), beven als een espenblad (Dutch), trillen als een espenblad (Dutch), vapista kuin haavanlehti (Finnish), trembler comme une feuille (French), wie Espenlaub zittern (German), reszket, mint a nyárfalevél (Hungarian), tremare come una foglia (Italian), trząść się jak osika (Polish), tremer como vara verde (Portuguese), temblar como un flan (Spanish), darra som ett asplöv (Swedish), skälva som ett asplöv (Swedish), tronner come ene foye (Walloon)

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      "sense": "to tremble",
      "word": "hosto bat bezala ikaratu"
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      "sense": "to tremble",
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      "sense": "to tremble",
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      "sense": "to tremble",
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      "sense": "to tremble",
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      "sense": "to tremble",
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      "sense": "to tremble",
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      "sense": "to tremble",
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