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1.VerbTo cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly."The earthquake shook the building.; He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere."
2.VerbTo move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval."Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”."
3.VerbTo move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion."to shake fruit down from a tree"
4.VerbTo disturb emotionally; to shock."Her father’s death shook her terribly.; He was shaken by what had happened."
5.VerbTo lose, evade, or get rid of (something)."I can’t shake the feeling that I forgot something."
6.VerbTo move from side to side."She shook with grief."
7.VerbTo shake hands."OK, let’s shake on it."
8.VerbTo dance."She was shaking it on the dance floor."
9.VerbTo give a tremulous tone to; to trill."to shake a note in music"
10.VerbTo threaten to overthrow."The experience shook my religious belief."
11.VerbTo be agitated; to lose firmness.
12.NounThe act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion."The cat gave the mouse a shake.; She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head."
13.NounA twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
14.NounA dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
15.NounA milkshake.
16.NounA beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
17.NounShake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
18.NounAn adulterant added to cocaine powder.
19.NounA crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
20.NounA fissure in rock or earth.
21.NounA type of wooden shingle originally made from split timber.
22.NounInstant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
23.NounOne of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
24.NounA rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
25.NounIn singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
26.NounA shook of staves and headings.
27.NounThe redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
28.NounA shock or disturbance.
29.NounAn informal unit of time equal to 10 nanoseconds.