shake
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(verb) undermine or weaken; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes" |
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Related Words: weaken |
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(verb) bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams" |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) move back and forth; "She shook her cousin's hands"; "Don't shake the bottle"; "My hands were shaking" |
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Synonyms: agitate |
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Related Words: concuss, convulse, fan, fluff up, jiggle, joggle, move, plump up, quake, rattle, shake up, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss, tremble, tremor, wiggle |
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(verb) get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" |
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Synonyms: escape from, shake off, throw off |
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Related Words: break loose, escape, get away |
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(verb) move with a tremor |
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Synonyms: didder, tremble |
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Related Words: move involuntarily, move reflexively |
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(verb) as of senses or emotions; "These stories shook the community" |
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Synonyms: excite, shake up, stimulate, stir |
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Related Words: affright, animate, arouse, arouse, elate, elicit, enkindle, enliven, evoke, exalt, excite, fire, fright, frighten, fuel, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, invite, kindle, lift up, pick up, provoke, raise, scare, sex, tempt, thrill, tickle, titillate, turn on, uplift, wind up |
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(verb) shake or vibrate rapidly |
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Synonyms: judder |
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Related Words: vibrate |
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(noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) |
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Synonyms: handclasp, handshake, handshaking |
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Related Words: acknowledgement, acknowledgment |
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(noun) a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it |
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Synonyms: trill |
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Related Words: musical note, note, tone |
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(noun) building material used as siding or roofing |
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Synonyms: shingle |
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Related Words: building material |
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(noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side |
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Synonyms: wag, waggle |
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Related Words: agitation |
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(noun) reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement |
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Synonyms: shiver, tremble |
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Related Words: physiological reaction, reflex |
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(verb) move back and forth, like a ship |
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Synonyms: rock, sway |
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Related Words: move back and forth, nutate, swag |
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(noun) frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream |
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Synonyms: milk shake, milkshake |
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Related Words: drink, eggshake, frappe, malt, malted, malted milk |
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