'Shake' definitions:

Definition of 'shake'

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noun
Building material used as siding or roofing [syn: shingle, shake]
noun
Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream [syn: milkshake, milk shake, shake]
noun
A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it [syn: trill, shake]
noun
Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) [syn: handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp]
noun
A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement [syn: tremble, shiver, shake]
noun
Causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: wag, waggle, shake]
verb
Move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" [syn: shake, agitate]
verb
Move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook" [syn: shake, didder]
verb
Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering" [syn: judder, shake]
verb
Move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake]
verb
Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
verb
Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir]
verb
Get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" [syn: shake, shake off, throw off, escape from]
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!"

Definition of 'Shake'

From: GCIDE
  • Shake \Shake\, obs. p. p. of Shake. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shake'

From: GCIDE
  • Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. Shook; p. p. Shaken, (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. Shock, v.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. --Rev. vi. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's basis. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of. [1913 Webster]
  • When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I could scarcely shake him out of my company. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
  • To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.
  • To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
  • To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas.
  • To shake the bells. See under Bell.
  • To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shake'

From: GCIDE
  • Shake \Shake\, n.
  • 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation. [1913 Webster]
  • The great soldier's honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A fissure in rock or earth. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mus.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Naut.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A shook of staves and headings. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Zool.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • No great shakes, of no great importance. [Slang] --Byron.
  • The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shake'

From: GCIDE
  • Shake \Shake\, v. i. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter. [1913 Webster]
  • Under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there? --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • Shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'shake'

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Words containing 'Shake'