shake

1. (verb) undermine or weaken; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
Related Words: weaken

2. (verb) bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"
Related Words: alter, change

3. (verb) move back and forth; "She shook her cousin's hands"; "Don't shake the bottle"; "My hands were shaking"
Synonyms: agitate
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

4. (verb) get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
Synonyms: escape from, shake off, throw off
Related Words: break loose, escape, get away

5. (verb) move with a tremor
Synonyms: didder, tremble
Related Words: move involuntarily, move reflexively

6. (verb) as of senses or emotions; "These stories shook the community"
Synonyms: excite, shake up, stimulate, stir
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

7. (verb) shake or vibrate rapidly
Synonyms: judder
Related Words: vibrate

8. (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
Synonyms: handclasp, handshake, handshaking
Related Words: acknowledgement, acknowledgment

9. (noun) a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
Synonyms: trill
Related Words: musical note, note, tone

10. (noun) building material used as siding or roofing
Synonyms: shingle
Related Words: building material

11. (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side
Synonyms: wag, waggle
Related Words: agitation

12. (noun) reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement
Synonyms: shiver, tremble
Related Words: physiological reaction, reflex

13. (verb) move back and forth, like a ship
Synonyms: rock, sway
Related Words: move back and forth, nutate, swag

14. (noun) frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
Synonyms: milk shake, milkshake
Related Words: drink, eggshake, frappe, malt, malted, malted milk



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