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Meaning of 'shake' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shake
- obs. p. p. of Shake.
2 . Shake [ n.]
- The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
- A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
3 . Shake [ v.]
- To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
- Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
4 . Shake [ v. i.]
- To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

Meaning of 'shake' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shake [ v]
Meaning (1):
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
Example in sentence:
  • Don't shake your fist at me!;
  • shake one's head;
  • She shook her finger at the naughty students;
  • The old enemies shook hands
Meaning (2):
- get rid of
Example in sentence:
  • he shed his image as a pushy boss;
  • I couldn't shake the car that was following me;
  • shed your clothes;
  • We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
Meaning (3):
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
Example in sentence:
  • He was shaken from his dreams;
  • shake the salt out of the salt shaker
Meaning (4):
- move with or as if with a tremor
Example in sentence:
  • his hands shook
Meaning (5):
- undermine or cause to waver
Example in sentence:
  • my faith has been shaken;
  • The bad news shook her hopes
Meaning (6):
- move or cause to move back and forth
Example in sentence:
  • My hands were shaking;
  • The chemist shook the flask vigorously
Meaning (7):
- move back and forth or sideways
Example in sentence:
  • She rocked back and forth on her feet;
  • the ship was rocking;
  • the tall building swayed
Meaning (8):
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Example in sentence:
  • the civil war shook the country;
  • These stories shook the community
Meaning (9):
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
Example in sentence:
  • The old engine was juddering

Nearby Words:

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