Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: traverse – trembling
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traverse (-d, -ing, -s), v. [F. traverser, cross, thwart.]
- Pass over to view.
- Move forward across.
tread (-ing, trod, trodden), v. [OE tredan.]
- Step; go.
- Walk in a stately fashion.
- Phrase. “Tread on”: trample; step on.
- Phrase. “Tread out”: crush; trample; obliterate.
treason, n. [AFr treysoun.]
- Perfidy; act of betraying; attempt to overthrow the authority; subversion against one to whom allegiance is owed.
- Disloyalty; infidelity.
- Disclosure; revelation that betrays identity.
- Treachery; deception.
treasure (-s), n. [OFr tresor.]
- Valuable entity; [fig.] the dead.
- Secret prize; something hidden.
- Riches; precious possessions; highly valued thing.
treat (-ed), v. [OFr tretir, to drag.]
Behave toward.
treatise, n. [AFr tretiz.]
Tract; written work that discusses the principles of a particular subject.
treble, n. [OFr treble.]
Female chorus; soprano section; high voices in a choir; shrillest part of a musical performance.
tree (-s), n. [OE tréow.]
- Large perennial plant having a self-supporting woody main stem or trunk; plant which develops woody branches at some distance from the ground; plant that grows to a considerable height and size; plant distinguished from a bush or shrub by size and manner of growth; [allusion to the “Tree of Love”]: courtship opportunity.
- Fruit-producing plant, cultivated in gardens and orchards.
- Coniferous plant; cone-bearing plant useful for timber or fuel; evergreen used as a Christmas symbol.
- Perch; nest; [fig.] planet Earth as seen from heaven.
- Deterrent; hindrance; stumbling block.
- Heaven; something out of reach.
- Crucifix; cross on which Christ was crucified (see Acts 10:39).
- Something resembling a tree; diagram that has a stem and branches for genealogical information.
- Bay; [fig.] grave site of a hero.
- Life.
tremble (-ing), v. [Fr.]
- Move; shift; vibrate.
- Shake with fear; shiver with timidity; quiver with anticipation.
trembling, verbal adj. [see tremble, v.]
- Frightened; fearful; trepid; timorous; nervous; anxious; tremulous; hand-quivering.
- Shimmering; vibrating with light.