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SHAKE

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Irregular inflected forms: shaken  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, shook  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing to move repeatedly from side to sideplay

Synonyms:

shake; wag; waggle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shake" is a kind of...):

agitation (the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously))

Derivation:

shake (move back and forth or sideways)

shake (move or cause to move back and forth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitementplay

Synonyms:

shake; shiver; tremble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shake" is a kind of...):

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

Derivation:

shake (move with or as if with a tremor)

shaky (inclined to shake as from weakness or defect)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)play

Synonyms:

handclasp; handshake; handshaking; shake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shake" is a kind of...):

acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)

Domain category:

contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

Derivation:

shake (shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above itplay

Synonyms:

shake; trill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shake" is a kind of...):

musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice creamplay

Synonyms:

milk shake; milkshake; shake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("shake" is a kind of...):

drink (a single serving of a beverage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shake"):

eggshake (a milkshake with egg in it)

frappe (thick milkshake containing ice cream)

malt; malted; malted milk (a milkshake made with malt powder)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Building material used as siding or roofingplay

Synonyms:

shake; shingle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("shake" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they shake  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it shakes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: shook  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: shaken  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: shaking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move with or as if with a tremorplay

Example:

his hands shook

Synonyms:

didder; shake

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

move involuntarily; move reflexively (move in an uncontrolled manner)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

shake (a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement)

shaking (a shaky motion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undermine or cause to waverplay

Example:

The bad news shook her hopes

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shakingplay

Example:

shake the salt out of the salt shaker

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive stateplay

Example:

Don't shake your fist at me!

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

gesticulate; gesture; motion (show, express or direct through movement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

shake (grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace ofplay

Example:

the civil war shook the country

Synonyms:

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shake"):

fuel (stimulate)

arouse; excite; sex; turn on; wind up (stimulate sexually)

affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)

thrill; tickle; vibrate (feel sudden intense sensation or emotion)

invite; tempt (give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting)

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

animate; enliven; exalt; inspire; invigorate (heighten or intensify)

titillate (excite pleasurably or erotically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

The bad news will shake him

The performance is likely to shake Sue


Sense 6

Meaning:

Move back and forth or sidewaysplay

Example:

She rocked back and forth on her feet

Synonyms:

rock; shake; sway

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

move back and forth (move in one direction and then into the opposite direction)

Verb group:

rock; sway (cause to move back and forth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shake"):

totter (move without being stable, as if threatening to fall)

swag (sway heavily or unsteadily)

nutate (rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily)

roll (move, rock, or sway from side to side)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

The crowds shake in the streets

The streets shake with crowds


Derivation:

shake (causing to move repeatedly from side to side)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Move or cause to move back and forthplay

Example:

My hands were shaking

Synonyms:

agitate; shake

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shake"):

fluff up; plump up; shake up (make fuller by shaking)

fan (agitate the air)

tremble (move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways)

quake; tremor (shake with seismic vibrations)

palpitate (cause to throb or beat rapidly)

convulse (shake uncontrollably)

sparge (agitate by introducing air or compressed gas)

shake up; succuss (shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body))

concuss (shake violently)

rattle (shake and cause to make a rattling noise)

convulse; jactitate; slash; thrash; thrash about; thresh; thresh about; toss (move or stir about violently)

jiggle; joggle; wiggle (move to and fro)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

shake (causing to move repeatedly from side to side)

shaker (a container in which something can be shaken)

shaking (the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensivelyplay

Example:

The old engine was juddering

Synonyms:

judder; shake

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

vibrate (shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 9

Meaning:

Get rid ofplay

Example:

I couldn't shake the car that was following me

Synonyms:

escape from; shake; shake off; throw off

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shake" is one way to...):

break loose; escape; get away (run away from confinement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

At last she came to the cellar, and there sat a very, very old woman, who could not keep her head from shaking.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"It's not the first time, either," said the policeman, severely, shaking his head.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And he took another swallow of the brandy, shaking his great fair head like a man who looks forward to the worst.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When I asked her how she came to be at the window she shook her head and turned away.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mrs Smith looked at her again, looked earnestly, smiled, shook her head, and exclaimed—Now, how I do wish I understood you!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The stranger-man is very weak. His arm shakes, so that when he shoots at the man his bullet strikes in the snow.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

My father’s health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I could not forbear shaking my head, and smiling a little at his ignorance.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

But his wife shook her head.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Jo shook the tears off her cheeks and waited to hear the news.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)




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