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SHAKE UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make fuller by shaking
Example:
fluff up the pillows
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "shake up" is one way to...):
agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Change the arrangement or position of
Synonyms:
agitate; commove; disturb; raise up; shake up; stir up; vex
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "shake up" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shake up"):
beat; scramble (stir vigorously)
toss (agitate)
rile; roil (make turbid by stirring up the sediments of)
poke (stir by poking)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Example:
the civil war shook the country
Synonyms:
excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "shake up" 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 up"):
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 example:
The performance is likely to shake up Sue
Sense 4
Meaning:
Shock physically
Example:
Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game
Synonyms:
bump around; jar; shake up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "shake up" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 5
Meaning:
Shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
Synonyms:
shake up; succuss
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "shake up" is one way to...):
agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Organize anew
Example:
We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under
Synonyms:
reorganise; reorganize; shake up
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "shake up" is one way to...):
organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shake up"):
retool; revise (revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
shake-up; shakeup (the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes))
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