Definitions of Shake [ʃeɪk]

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Definition of 'Shake'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) shake
to move with short, quick, vibratory movements.

2.  shake
to tremble with emotion, cold, etc.

3.  shake
to become dislodged and fall (often fol. by off).

4.  shake
to move something, esp. in a bottle or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing.

5.  shake
to totter; become unsteady.

6.  shake
to shake hands.

7.  shake
to execute a trill.

8. (v.t.) shake
to agitate (a container, bottle, etc.), as to mix the contents (sometimes fol. by up).

9.  shake
to grasp and move (a person) back and forth violently.

10.  shake
to brandish or flourish, esp. menacingly.

11.  shake
to grasp firmly in an attempt to dislodge something by quick, vigorous movements.

12.  shake
to dislodge (something) by quick, forcible movements:
to shake nuts from the tree.

13.  shake
to agitate or disturb profoundly.

14.  shake
to cause to waver or weaken.

15.  shake
to trill (a note).

16.  shake
to get rid of; elude.

17.  shake
shake down,

18.  shake
to cause to descend by shaking; bring down.

19.  shake
to cause to settle.

20.  shake
(esp. of a ship) to cause to undergo a shakedown.

21.  shake
to extort money from.

22.  shake
to search for concealed weapons.

23.  shake
shake off,

24.  shake
to rid oneself of; reject.

25.  shake
to get away from.

26.  shake
shake up,

27.  shake
to upset; jar.

28.  shake
to trouble or distress.

29. (n.) shake
an act or instance of rocking, swaying, etc.

30.  shake
tremulous motion.

31.  shake
a tremor.

32.  shake
shakes, (used with a sing. v.) a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, or cold (usu. prec. by the).

33.  shake
treatment; deal:
Everyone gets a fair shake.

34.  shake
something resulting from shaking.

35.  shake
an internal crack or fissure in timber.

36.  shake
a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.

37.  shake
to hurry.

38.  shake
to dance.

Definition of 'Shake'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shingle, shake
building material used as siding or roofing

2. (noun) milkshake, milk shake, shake
frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

3. (noun) trill, shake
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

4. (noun) handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

5. (noun) tremble, shiver, shake
a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

6. (verb) wag, waggle, shake
causing to move repeatedly from side to side

7. (verb) shake, agitate
move or cause to move back and forth
"The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

8. (verb) shake, didder
move with or as if with a tremor
"his hands shook"

9. (verb) judder, shake
shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
"The old engine was juddering"

10. (verb) rock, sway, shake
move back and forth or sideways
"the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

11. (verb) shake
undermine or cause to waver
"my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

12. (verb) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
"These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

13. (verb) shake, shake off, throw off, escape from
get rid of
"I couldn't shake the car that was following me"

14. (verb) shake
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"

15. (verb) shake
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'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shake
to move or be moved repeatedly up and down or sideways
The box rattled when I shook it.; The whole house shook in the wind.; My mother shook me awake.

2.  shake
to make feel shocked and upset
He stood by the crumpled bicycle looking shaken.

3.  shake
to move your head from side to side to mean "no"
"Are you mad?" He shook his head.

4.  shake
(of your voice) to sound weak or unsteady; = tremble
Her voice shook as she started to speak.

5.  shake
shake hands/shake sb's hand
to hold sb's hand and move it up and down
He shook my hand and said, "Nice job!"; They shook hands when they met.

Definition of 'Shake'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Shake
the act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation

2. (noun) Shake
a fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly

3. (noun) Shake
a fissure in rock or earth

4. (noun) Shake
a rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill

5. (noun) Shake
one of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart

6. (noun) Shake
a shook of staves and headings

7. (noun) Shake
the redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground

8.  Shake
obs. p. p. of Shake

9.  Shake
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

10.  Shake
fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of

11.  Shake
to give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music

12.  Shake
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

13. (verb) Shake
to be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter

Translation of 'Shake'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.
Afrikaans: skud, bewe	Arabic: يَهُز	Bulgarian: разклащам (се)
Brazilian: sacudir	Czech: (o)třást (se)	German: (er)heben (lassen)
Danish: ryste	Greek: σείω, σείομαι, δονώ, δονο	Spanish: agitar, (hacer) temblar
Estonian: raputama, värisema	Farsi: تكان خوردن	Finnish: ravistaa
French: (faire) trembler	Hebrew: לְנַעֵר	Hindi: हिलाना, हिलना
Croatian: tresti se, drmati	Hungarian: (meg)ráz; rázkódik, remeg	Indonesian: mengguncang
Icelandic: hrista(st)	Italian: far tremare	Japanese: 揺れる
Korean: 흔들리다	Lithuanian: drebėti, tirtėti, kratyti	Latvian: tricināt; trīcēt; drebēt
Malay: terketar-ketar	Dutch: schudden	Norwegian: (få til å) riste; dirre,
Polish: trząść (się)	Persian: تكان خوردن	Pashto: رېږدول، لړزول، بې ځايه كو
Portuguese: estremecer	Romanian: a scutura	Russian: сотрясать(ся), дрожать
Slovak: (o)triasť (sa)	Slovenian: (za)tresti (se)	Serbian: tresti se
Swedish: skaka	Thai: สั่น	Turkish: salla(n)mak
Taiwanese: (使)顫抖，搖晃	Ukrainian: тремтіти; трястися	Urdu: ہلنا جلنا، لرزنا
Vietnamese: rung, lắc	Chinese: 抖动，震动
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