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Adjective shaken has 1 sense
- jolted, shaken - disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken"
Antonym: unagitated (indirect, via agitated)
Verb shake has 9 senses
- shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
--1 is one way to move
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- shake, didder - move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
--2 is one way to move involuntarily, move reflexively
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- judder, shake - shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering"
--3 is one way to vibrate
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- rock, sway, shake - move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
--4 is one way to move back and forth
Sample sentences:
The crowds shake in the streets
The streets shake with crowds
- shake - undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"
--5 is one way to weaken
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- stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
--6 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentences:
The performance is likely to shake Sue
The bad news will shake him
- shake, shake off, throw off, escape from - get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
--7 is one way to escape, get away, break loose
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- shake - bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
--8 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- shake - shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!"
--9 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
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