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SHAKE
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Irregular inflected forms: shaken , shook
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing to move repeatedly from side to side
Synonyms:
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 excitement
Synonyms:
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)
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 it
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 cream
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 roofing
Synonyms:
shake; shingle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shake" is a kind of...):
building material (material used for constructing buildings)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they shake ... he / she / it shakes
Past simple: shook
Past participle: shaken
-ing form: shaking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move with or as if with a tremor
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 waver
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 shaking
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 state
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 of
Example:
the civil war shook the country
Synonyms:
excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir
Classified under:
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 sideways
Example:
She rocked back and forth on her feet
Synonyms:
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 forth
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 intensively
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 of
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
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)
