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" Nuclear power plants built in the areas usually thought of as earthquake zones, such as the California coastline, have a surprisingly low risk of damage from those earthquakes. Why? They built anticipating a major quake."
Bill Dedman

Meaning of "quake" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUAKE

Old English cwacian; related to Old English cweccan to shake, Old Irish bocaim, German wackeln.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF QUAKE

kweɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUAKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quake is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb quake in English.

WHAT DOES QUAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quake

Quake primarily means an earthquake, a shaking of the earth's surface. Quake may also refer to: ▪ QuakeQuake, the subsequent franchise ▪ Quake engine, game engine that was written to power 1996's QuakeQuake II engine, upgraded from the Quake engine ▪ Quake, surface shaking on interstellar bodies in general ▪ Quake, one of several characters in the Transformers universe ▪ Quake, a 2003 album by cellist Erik Friedlander ▪ Quake, a television movie ▪ Quake Inc., a media company ▪ Daisy Johnson, a character in the Marvel universe ▪ A ready-to-eat cereal marketed with Quisp...

Definition of quake in the English dictionary

The first definition of quake in the dictionary is to shake or tremble with or as with fear. Other definition of quake is to convulse or quiver, as from instability. Quake is also the act or an instance of quaking.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO QUAKE

PRESENT

Present
I quake
you quake
he/she/it quakes
we quake
you quake
they quake
Present continuous
I am quaking
you are quaking
he/she/it is quaking
we are quaking
you are quaking
they are quaking
Present perfect
I have quaked
you have quaked
he/she/it has quaked
we have quaked
you have quaked
they have quaked
Present perfect continuous
I have been quaking
you have been quaking
he/she/it has been quaking
we have been quaking
you have been quaking
they have been quaking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I quaked
you quaked
he/she/it quaked
we quaked
you quaked
they quaked
Past continuous
I was quaking
you were quaking
he/she/it was quaking
we were quaking
you were quaking
they were quaking
Past perfect
I had quaked
you had quaked
he/she/it had quaked
we had quaked
you had quaked
they had quaked
Past perfect continuous
I had been quaking
you had been quaking
he/she/it had been quaking
we had been quaking
you had been quaking
they had been quaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will quake
you will quake
he/she/it will quake
we will quake
you will quake
they will quake
Future continuous
I will be quaking
you will be quaking
he/she/it will be quaking
we will be quaking
you will be quaking
they will be quaking
Future perfect
I will have quaked
you will have quaked
he/she/it will have quaked
we will have quaked
you will have quaked
they will have quaked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been quaking
you will have been quaking
he/she/it will have been quaking
we will have been quaking
you will have been quaking
they will have been quaking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would quake
you would quake
he/she/it would quake
we would quake
you would quake
they would quake
Conditional continuous
I would be quaking
you would be quaking
he/she/it would be quaking
we would be quaking
you would be quaking
they would be quaking
Conditional perfect
I would have quake
you would have quake
he/she/it would have quake
we would have quake
you would have quake
they would have quake
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been quaking
you would have been quaking
he/she/it would have been quaking
we would have been quaking
you would have been quaking
they would have been quaking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you quake
we let´s quake
you quake
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to quake
Past participle
quaked
Present Participle
quaking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUAKE

awake · earthquake · kittiwake · late-wake · lichwake · lyke-wake · marsquake · microearthquake · microquake · moonquake · reawake · rewake · seaquake · unawake · wake · waterquake · youthquake

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUAKE

quail · quaint · quaintly · quaintness · quair · Quaker · Quaker gun · Quaker meeting · Quaker meeting house · Quakeress · Quakerish · Quakerism · quakier · quakiest · quakily · quakiness · quaking · quaking grass · quakingly · quaky

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUAKE

bake · Blake · Boobquake · brake · bukkake · cake · cupcake · drake · fake · intake · jake · lake · make · mistake · pound cake · sake · shake · snake · stake · take

Synonyms and antonyms of quake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «QUAKE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «quake» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «quake» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF QUAKE

Find out the translation of quake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of quake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quake» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

发抖
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

temblar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

quake
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भूकंप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزلزال
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

землетрясение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

tremer
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভূমিকম্প
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

trembler
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gempa
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

beben
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

おののく
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

두려워서 몸을 떨다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Gempa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rung rinh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பூகம்பம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

भूकंप
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

deprem
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tremare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

quake
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

землетрус
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cutremur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aardbewing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skalvet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjelvet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quake

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUAKE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of quake
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «quake».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quake

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «QUAKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quake.
1
Bill Dedman
Nuclear power plants built in the areas usually thought of as earthquake zones, such as the California coastline, have a surprisingly low risk of damage from those earthquakes. Why? They built anticipating a major quake.
2
Camille Paglia
High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUAKE»

Discover the use of quake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Quake!
When the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 hits, fourteen-year-old Franny witnesses the devastation of her community and is called upon to save the lives of her family and her best friend. Reprint.
Joe Cottonwood, 1996
2
After the Quake: Stories
As haunting as dreams, as potent as oracles, the stories in After the Quake are further proof that Murakami is one of the most visionary writers at work today. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Haruki Murakami, 2007
3
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906
Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
Gail Karwoski, 2004
4
The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth's ...
A leading seismologist examines why and how earthquakes happen while explaining why he believes they are becoming more lethal, profiling breakthroughs in science and engineering that are improving structure resiliency and furthering ...
Roger Musson, 2012
5
Quake
When an earthquake hits, Cyrus acts quickly to save his sister and himself, after he is buried alive.
Alex Kropp, 2012
6
Birth Quake: The Baby Boom and Its Aftershocks
In Birth Quake, Diane J. Macunovich argues that the common thread underlying all these changes was the post-World War II baby boom—in particular, the passage of the baby boomers into young adulthood.
Diane J. Macunovich, 2010
7
Quake: Stories
Held together by a wealth of images, items, and ideals, these tantalizing tales join Sara, Fritz, Maria, Stevie, Nona, Claudia, and Sam as one.
Nance Van Winckel, 1997
8
The Time Quake
While sinister Lord Luxon makes himself at home in twenty-first century Manhattan, Peter and Kate, aided by Gideon, pursue The Tar Man through the streets of eighteenth-century London, when history is at its tipping point.
Linda Buckley-Archer, 2009
9
E Quake: A New Approach to Understanding the End Time ...
The pastor of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys, California, offers an interpretation of Revelation, the last book of the Bible.
Jack W. Hayford, 1999
10
Quake 4 Mods For Dummies
Elements tryout version * WinZip? evaluation version * The Compressonator and NormalGapGenerator by ATI Technologies, Inc. * Sample tools, textures, and examples from the book * For details and complete system requirements, see the CD-ROM ...
Erik Guilfoyle, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quake is used in the context of the following news items.
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Malaysia mountain quake: Eleven dead and eight missing
The bodies were recovered from Mount Kinabalu, on the island of Borneo, after a 6.0 magnitude quake triggered landslides. Some 137 climbers were stranded ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
2
Magnitude-7.8 quake strikes off Japan's southern coast
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo and interrupting subway service, but causing no ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
3
Marines Died Helping Hard-to-Reach Nepal Quake Victims
The United States Marine Corps on Sunday released the names of the six Marines killed during a relief mission last week in earthquake-ravaged Nepal. «FOX40, May 15»
4
Nepal earthquake: Rescue resumes after deadly tremor
At least 65 people died there and nearly 2,000 were hurt in Tuesday's 7.3 magnitude quake, with fears the figures could rise. At least 17 died in India. The search ... «BBC News, May 15»
5
After Nepal Quake, Searching for a Sister
Bishow Ram Shrestha was one of thousands of Nepalese struggling to find a friend or relative after the April 25 earthquake. His mission was to locate Sita, his ... «New York Times, May 15»
6
Nepal Quake Death Toll Tops 7500
Aid deliveries continued Tuesday in Nepal, where some outlying areas remained difficult to reach more than a week after a massive earthquake shook the ... «Voice of America, May 15»
7
Nepal quake: 'No chance' to find more survivors, as death toll rises
Nepal said 14,021 people were injured in the 7.8-magnitude quake on Saturday. The fate of thousands of people in remote areas remains unknown. The death ... «BBC News, May 15»
8
Nepal quake 'followed historic pattern'
This latest quake follows the same pattern as a duo of big tremors that occurred over 700 years ago, and results from a domino effect of strain transferring along ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
9
California begins clear-up after San Francisco Bay quake
Workers are assessing damage and have begun to clear up after a 6.0 magnitude quake in California's San Francisco Bay area, the strongest there in 25 years. «BBC News, Aug 14»
10
China quake death toll rises to 381, over 1800 injured (PHOTOS)
The majority of the dead were from Ludian County, which Chinese state television said was at the epicenter of the quake. Ludian authorities said at least 296 ... «RT, Aug 14»
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