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Meaning of Quiver | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈkwɪvə

Definitions

  1. A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
  2. A stream in Illinois, United States; in full, Quiver Creek.
  3. A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
  4. A township in Mason County, Illinois, United States, named after Quiver Creek.
  5. A vulva.
  6. The collective noun for cobras.
  7. A multidigraph, especially in the context of representation theory.

Equivalents

العربية الرعشة اهتزاز تركاش جعبة
Azərbaycan dili oxdan oxluq oxqabı sadaq
Беларуская калчан
Български треперя
བོད་སྐད། གཞུ་ཤུབས
Dansk bævre dirre kogger sitre
Deutsch flattern Köcher Zittern Zücken
Ελληνικά τρέμω φαρέτρα
Esperanto sagujo tremi
Français carquois frémir
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi naka
עברית אשפה
Magyar tegez
Հայերեն կապարճ
Bahasa Indonesia tarkas
Íslenska örvamælir
Italiano faretra fremere
日本語 揺らめく 矢筒
Қазақ тілі діріл
ភាសាខ្មែរ បំពង់ព្រួញ
한국어 동개 미동 전동 화살통
Кыргызча саадак
Македонски арсенал трепери тул
മലയാളം ആവനാഴി
Nederlands koker pijlkoker rillen
Polski drżeć kołczan łubie tuł
Português aljava carcás estremecer fáretra tremer
Română tolbă
Slovenčina tulec
Shqip kukur
Svenska darra koger skälva
தமிழ் துடி
ไทย แลง
Tagalog talanga
Türkçe okluk sadak

Examples

Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.”
Arrows were carried in quiver, called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle.”
He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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