Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Quaking}.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. {Quagmire}.]
   1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
      repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to
      tremble. ``Quaking for dread.'' --Chaucer.

            She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
            hawk is ready to seize.               --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

   2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid,
      as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind;
      as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. `` Over quaking
      bogs.'' --Macaulay.

Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See
   {Quake}, v. t.]
   To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.

Quake \Quake\, n.
   A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder;
   a quivering.

Source : WordNet®

quake
     n : shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting
         from underground movement along a fault plane of from
         volcanic activity [syn: {earthquake}, {temblor}, {seism}]

quake
     v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
          palpitated" [syn: {quiver}, {palpitate}]
     2: shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn:
         {tremor}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Quake
     
        A string-oriented language designed to support the
        construction of {Modula-3} programs from {module}s, interfaces
        and libraries.  Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993.