Definition of shake

noun (n)

• building material used as siding or roofing (noun.substance)

  Synonym: shingle
  

  source: wordnet30
• frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream (noun.food)

  Synonym: milk shake, milkshake
  

  source: wordnet30
• a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it (noun.communication)

  Synonym: trill
  

  source: wordnet30
• grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) (noun.communication)

  Synonym: handclasp, handshake, handshaking
  

  source: wordnet30
• a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement (noun.act)

  Synonym: shiver, tremble
  

  source: wordnet30
• causing to move repeatedly from side to side (noun.act)

  Synonym: wag, waggle
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• move or cause to move back and forth (verb.motion)

  Synonym: agitate
  

  source: wordnet30
• move with or as if with a tremor (verb.body)

  Synonym: didder
  

  source: wordnet30
• shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively (verb.motion)

  Synonym: judder
  

  source: wordnet30
• move back and forth or sideways (verb.motion)

  Synonym: rock, sway
  

  source: wordnet30
• undermine or cause to waver (verb.change)

  Example:
  My faith has been shaken.
  

  source: wordnet30
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: excite, shake up, stimulate, stir
  

  source: wordnet30
• get rid of (verb.motion)

  Synonym: cast, cast off, drop, escape from, shake off, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off, throw off, waste
  

  Example:
  I couldn't shake the car that was following me.
  

  source: wordnet30
• bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking (verb.change)

  Example:
  He was shaken from his dreams.
  Shake the salt out of the salt shaker.
  

  source: wordnet30
• shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state (verb.communication)

  Example:
  Shake one's head.
  Don't shake your fist at me!.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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