EGAVE

shake

About 9.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
    The earthquake shook the building.
  2. verb To 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. verb To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
    to shake fruit down from a tree
  4. verb To disturb emotionally; to shock.
    Her father’s death shook her terribly.
  5. verb To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
    I can’t shake the feeling that I forgot something.
  6. verb To move from side to side.
    She shook with grief.
  7. verb To shake hands.
    OK, let’s shake on it.
  8. verb To dance.
    She was shaking it on the dance floor.

Similar words

shake off shake up judder wag waggle didder tremble stir shiver agitate

Often followed by

the hands off his of it her their my

Word family

shakable shakeable shaken shakes shaking shook

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