:to grasp firmly in an attempt to move or rouse by, or as by, vigorous movement to and fro: We shook the tree.
:to dislodge or dispense by short, quick, forcible movements of its support or container: We shook nuts from the tree.
:to cause to sway, rock, totter, etc.: to shake the very foundations of society.
:to agitate or disturb profoundly in feeling: The experience shook him badly.
:to cause to doubt or waver; weaken: to shake one's self-esteem.
:Music. to trill.
:to mix by rolling in the palm of the hand before they are cast.
:to get rid of; elude: They tried to shake their pursuers.
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:an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
:tremulous motion.
:a tremor.
: shakes. Informal. a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, cold, etc.: I was up all night with a fever and the shakes.
:a disturbing blow; shock.
:Informal. milk shake.
:the act or a manner of clasping another's hand in greeting, agreement, etc.: He has a strong shake.
:Informal. chance or treatment; deal: a fair shake;a bum shake.See also fair shake.
:a cast of the dice: He threw an eight on his last shake.
:something resulting from shaking.
:an earthquake.
:a fissure in the earth.
:an internal crack or fissure in timber.
:Music. trill.
:an instant: I'll be with you in a shake.
:Carpentry. a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.
:Horology. the distance between the nearer corner of one pallet and the nearest tooth of the escape wheel when the other pallet arrests an escape tooth.
:Chiefly South Midland U.S. shaker.
:a dance deriving from the twist.
:Slang. the dried leaves of the marijuana plant.
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:shake down, to cause to descend by shaking; bring down.to cause to settle.to condition; test: to shake down a ship.Informal.to extort money from.Slang.to search, especially to detect concealed weapons.
:shake off, to rid oneself of; reject.to get away from; leave behind.Baseball, Softball. to indicate rejection of by shaking the head or motioning with the glove.
:shake up, to shake in order to mix or loosen.to upset; jar. to agitate mentally or physically: The threat of attack has shaken up the entire country.
shaken
In truth, M. de Biancourt's goodness and prudence seemed much shaken by this tempest of human passions.
Rosemary shook her head doubtfully, and her falling hair of pale, shimmering gold waved like a wheat-field shaken by a breeze.