Shake
[ʃeɪk] or [ʃek]
Definition
(verb.) move with or as if with a tremor; 'his hands shook'.
(verb.) undermine or cause to waver; 'my faith has been shaken'; 'The bad news shook her hopes'.
(verb.) bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; 'He was shaken from his dreams'; 'shake the salt out of the salt shaker'.
(verb.) shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; 'shake one's head'; 'She shook her finger at the naughty students'; 'The old enemies shook hands'; 'Don't shake your fist at me!'.
(verb.) move or cause to move back and forth; 'The chemist shook the flask vigorously'; 'My hands were shaking'.
(verb.) get rid of; 'I couldn't shake the car that was following me'.
Typed by Ewing--From WordNet
Definition
(-) obs. p. p. of 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.
(v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
(v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
(v.) 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.
(v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
(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.
(n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
(n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
(n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
(n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
(n.) A shook of staves and headings.
(n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
Typed by Ellie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Agitate, convulse, make to tremble or quiver.[2]. Trill, sing with a trill.
v. n. Tremble, quake, quiver, totter, shudder, shiver.
n. [1]. Agitation, concussion, jar, jolt, shaking.[2]. Trill.[3]. Crack (in timber), fissure, cleft.
Editor: Lois
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Agitate, weaken, oscillate, totter, convulse, loosen, tremble, jar, quiver,shiver
ANT:Secure, fix, fasten, strengthen, stabilitate, confirm, stand
Inputed by Cleo
Definition
v.t. to move with quick short motions: to agitate: to make to tremble: to threaten to overthrow: to cause to waver: to give a tremulous note to.—v.i. to be agitated: to tremble: to shiver: to lose firmness:—pa.t. shook (B.) shāked; pa.p. shāk′en —n. a rapid tremulous motion: a trembling or shivering: a concussion: a rent in timber rock &c.: (mus.) a rapid repetition of two notes: (slang) a brief instant.—n. Shake′down a temporary bed named from the original shaking down of straw for this purpose.—adj. Shāk′en weakened disordered.—ns. Shāk′er one of a small communistic religious sect founded in Manchester about the middle of the 18th century so nicknamed from a peculiar dance forming part of their religious service; Shake′-rag (obs.) a ragged fellow; Shāk′erism.—adv. Shāk′ily.—n. Shāk′iness.—adj. Shāk′y in a shaky condition: feeble: (coll.) wavering undecided: of questionable ability solvency or integrity: unsteady: full of cracks or clefts.—Shake down or together to make more compact by shaking; Shake hands to salute by grasping the hand: (with) to bid farewell to; Shake off the dust from one's feet to renounce all intercourse with; Shake the head to move the head from side to side in token of reluctance disapproval &c.; Shake together (coll.) to get friendly with; Shake up to restore to shape by shaking: (Shak.) to upbraid.—Great shakes (coll.) a thing of great account something of value (usually 'No great shakes').
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Examples
- Suddenly she aroused herself and exclaimed, But I'll shake it off. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Now hold your shoulder straight, and take short steps, and don't shake hands if you are introduced to anyone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The priest paid no attention to him and I saw Pablo shake his head. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She'll shake if she gets in enough. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His acquaintances thought him enviable to have so charming a wife, and nothing happened to shake their opinion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You are too young--it is an anachronism for you to have such thoughts, said Will, energetically, with a quick shake of the head habitual to him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Pablo did not answer; he simply shook his head again and nodded toward the door. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I needed no second permission; though I was by this time in such a state of consternation and agitation, that my legs shook under me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She turned white as death; she shook all over; she lost her strength. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She looked at him and shook her head and smiled. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Standing in the mouth of the cave he took off his jacket and shook it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No,' said the old gentleman, shaking his head; 'it must be imagination. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He laughed, trying to hold it in because the shaking hurt his arm. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I am afraid not, said Holmes, shaking his head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But he just kept shaking his hands and arms against the bars and shouting, 'Kill them! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It's always more like a fit than a nap, says Mr. Guppy, shaking him again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Someone may have shaken the box and displaced it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Get along with you, my woman,' he added in her ear, 'get along with you, while you know you're Affery, and before you're shaken to yeast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He looks sadly changed--terribly shaken. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Cos, says Jo with a perplexed stare but without being at all shaken in his certainty, cos that there's the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Well may I be shaken, I replied, happy as I am. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The sound by nature undergo these tortures, and are racked, shaken, shattered; their beauty and bloom perish, but life remains untouched. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old lady sorrowfully shakes her head, and taking one of his powerful hands, lays it lovingly upon her shoulder. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nature grows old, and shakes in her decaying limbs,--creation has become bankrupt! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I tingle again from head to foot as my recollection turns that corner, and my pen shakes in my hand. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She shakes her head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Tony shakes his head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Occasionally he recognizes the wilful character of politics: then he shakes his head, climbs into an ivory tower and deplores the moonshine, the religious manias and the passions of the mob. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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