shake
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
building material used as siding or roofing
Types & categories
- building material hypernym
Related & opposite
- shingle derivation
Sense 2 verb
move or cause to move back and forth
The chemist shook the flask vigorously
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
move with or as if with a tremor
his hands shook
Types & categories
- move involuntarily hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
Types & categories
- musical note hypernym
Related & opposite
- warble derivation
Sense 6 verb
shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
The old engine was juddering
Types & categories
- vibrate hypernym
Related & opposite
- Great Britain domain region
Sense 7 noun
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
Types & categories
- acknowledgement hypernym
Related & opposite
- shake hands derivation
- shake derivation
- contract domain topic
Sense 8 verb
move back and forth or sideways
the ship was rocking
Types & categories
- move back and forth hypernym
- roll hyponym
- nutate hyponym
- swag hyponym
- totter hyponym
Related & opposite
- waggle derivation
- careen derivation
- rocking chair derivation
- sway derivation
- rock verb group
Sense 9 noun
a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
Types & categories
- reflex hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
undermine or cause to waver
my faith has been shaken
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Sense 11 noun
causing to move repeatedly from side to side
Types & categories
- agitation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
These stories shook the community
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- foment also see
- stir derivation
- stirrer derivation
- excitation derivation
Sense 13 verb
get rid of
I couldn't shake the car that was following me
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
Sense 14 verb
bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
He was shaken from his dreams
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 15 verb
shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
shake one's head
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Related & opposite
- handshake derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shingle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | building material |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shaking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waggle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shaker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluff up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fan |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tremble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tremor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | palpitate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | convulse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sparge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | succuss |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | concuss |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rattle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thresh |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | joggle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | drink |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eggshake |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frappe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | malt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tremble |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quivering |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move involuntarily |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | warble |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical note |
| 6 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | vibrate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | shake hands |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | shake |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | contract |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | acknowledgement |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | waggle |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | rocking chair |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sway |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | rock |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | move back and forth |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | roll |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | nutate |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | swag |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | totter |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | didder |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | shudder |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | tremble |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | shivery |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | rickety |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | reflex |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | wamble |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | rock |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | shake |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | wag |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | agitation |
| 12 | also see | Related & opposite | foment |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | stir |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | stirrer |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitation |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | fuel |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | fright |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | tickle |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | invite |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | uplift |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | inspire |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | titillate |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | handshake |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |