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SHAKE, v.t. pret. shook; pp. shaken.

1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to agitate; as, the wind shakes a tree; an earthquake shakes the hills or the earth.

I shook my lap, and said, so God shake out every man from his house-

Neh. 5.

He shook the sacred honors of his head. Dryden.

-As a fig casteth her untimely fruit, when it is shaken of a mighty wind.

Rev. 6.

2. To make to totter or tremble.

The rapid wheels shake the heav'n's basis. Milton.

3. To cause to shiver; as, an ague shakes the whole frame.

4. To throw down by a violent motion.

Macbeth is ripe for shaking. Shak.

[But see shake off, which is generally used.]

5. To throw away; to drive off.

'Tis our first intent

To shake all cares and business from our age. [See Shake off.] Shak.

6. To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to endanger; to threaten to overthrow. Nothing should shake our belief in the being and perfections of God, and in our own accountableness.

7. To cause to waver or doubt; to impair the resolution of; to depress the courage of.

That ye be not soon shaken in mind. 2 Thess. 2.

8. To trill; as, to shake a note in music.




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SHAKE, v.t. pret. shook; pp. shaken.

1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to agitate; as, the wind shakes a tree; an earthquake shakes the hills or the earth.

I shook my lap, and said, so God shake out every man from his house-

Neh. 5.

He shook the sacred honors of his head. Dryden.

-As a fig casteth her untimely fruit, when it is shaken of a mighty wind.

Rev. 6.

2. To make to totter or tremble.

The rapid wheels shake the heav'n's basis. Milton.

3. To cause to shiver; as, an ague shakes the whole frame.

4. To throw down by a violent motion.

Macbeth is ripe for shaking. Shak.

[But see shake off, which is generally used.]

5. To throw away; to drive off.

'Tis our first intent

To shake all cares and business from our age. [See Shake off.] Shak.

6. To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to endanger; to threaten to overthrow. Nothing should shake our belief in the being and perfections of God, and in our own accountableness.

7. To cause to waver or doubt; to impair the resolution of; to depress the courage of.

That ye be not soon shaken in mind. 2 Thess. 2.

8. To trill; as, to shake a note in music.


SHAKE, n.

  1. Concussion; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and the other; agitation. The great soldier's honor was composed of thicker stuff which could endure a shake. – Herbert.
  2. A trembling or shivering; agitation.
  3. A motion of hands clasped. Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. – Addison.
  4. In music, a trill; a rapid reiteration of two notes comprehending an interval not greater than one whole tone, nor less than a semitone. – Busby.

SHAKE, v.i.

  1. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; as, a tree shakes with the wind; the house shakes in a tempest. The foundations of the earth do shake. – Is. xxiv.
  2. To tremble; to shiver; to quake; as, a man shakes in an ague; or he shakes with cold, or with terror.
  3. To totter. Under his burning wheels / The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, / All but the throne itself of God. – Milton.

SHAKE, v.t. [pret. shook; pp. shaken. Sax. sceacan, to shake, also to flee, to depart, to withdraw; Sw. skaka; D. schokken, to shake, to jolt, to heap; schok, a shock, jolt or bounce; W. ysgegiaw, to shake by seizing one by the throat; cegiaw, to choke, from cêg, a choking, the mouth, an entrance. If the Welsh gives the true origin of this word, it is remarkably expressive, and characteristic of rough manners. I am not confident that the Welsh and Saxon are from a common stock.]

  1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to agitate; as, the wind shakes a tree; an earthquake shakes the hills or the earth. I shook my lap, and said, so God shake out every man from his house. – Neh. v. He shook the sacred honors of his head. – Dryden. As a fig-tree casteth her untimely fruit, when it is shaken by a mighty wind. – Rev. vi.
  2. To make to totter or tremble. The rapid wheels shake heaven's basis. – Milton.
  3. To cause to shiver; as, an ague shakes the whole frame.
  4. To throw down by a violent motion. Macbeth is ripe for shaking. – Shak. [But see Shake off, which is generally used.]
  5. To throw away; to drive off. Tis our first intent / To shake cares and business from our age. – Shak. [See shake off.]
  6. To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to endanger; to threaten to overthrow. Nothing should shake our belief in the being and perfections of God, and in our own accountableness.
  7. To cause to waver or doubt; to impair the resolution of; to depress the courage of. That ye be not soon shaken in mind. – 2 Thess. ii.
  8. To trill; as, to shake a note in music. To shake hands, sometimes, to unite with; to agree or contract with, more generally, to take leave of, from the practice of shaking hands at meeting and parting. – Shak. K. Charles. To shake off, to drive off; to throw off or down by violence; as, to shake off the dust of the feet; also, to rid one's self; to free from; to divest of; as, to shake off disease or grief; to shake off troublesome dependents. – Addison.

Shake
  1. obs. p. p. of Shake.

    Chaucer.
  2. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

    As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Rev. vi. 13.

    Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
    That shake heaven's basis.
    Milton.

  3. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

    Under his burning wheels
    The steadfast empyrean shook throughout,
    All but the throne itself of God.
    Milton.

    What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there? Beau. *** Fl.

    Shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef.

  4. The act or result of shaking] a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

    The great soldier's honor was composed
    Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake.
    Herbert.

    Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. Addison.

  5. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

    When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. Atterbury.

    Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
    Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced.
    Milton.

  6. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.

    Gwilt.
  7. To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
  8. A fissure in rock or earth.
  9. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.

    Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak.

    'Tis our fast intent
    To shake all cares and business from our age.
    Shak.

    I could scarcely shake him out of my company. Bunyan.

    To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves. -- To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc. -- To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas. -- To shake the bells. See under Bell. -- To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

  10. A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
  11. One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

    Totten.
  12. A shook of staves and headings.

    Knight.
  13. The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

    [Prov. Eng.]

    No great shakes, of no great importance. [Slang] Byron. -- The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]

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Shake

SHAKE, verb transitive preterit tense shook; participle passive shaken.

1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to agitate; as, the wind shakes a tree; an earthquake shakes the hills or the earth.

I shook my lap, and said, so God shake out every man from his house-

Nehemiah 5:13

He shook the sacred honors of his head. Dryden.

-As a fig casteth her untimely fruit, when it is shaken of a mighty wind.

Revelation 6:1.

2. To make to totter or tremble.

The rapid wheels shake the heav'n's basis. Milton.

3. To cause to shiver; as, an ague shakes the whole frame.

4. To throw down by a violent motion.

Macbeth is ripe for shaking. Shak.

[But see shake off, which is generally used.]

5. To throw away; to drive off.

'Tis our first intent

To shake all cares and business from our age. [See Shake off.] Shak.

6. To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to endanger; to threaten to overthrow. Nothing should shake our belief in the being and perfections of God, and in our own accountableness.

7. To cause to waver or doubt; to impair the resolution of; to depress the courage of.

That ye be not soon shaken in mind. 2 Thessalonians 2:1.

8. To trill; as, to shake a note in music.

To shake hands, sometimes, to unite with; to aggree or contract with; more generally, to take leave of, from the practice of shaking hands at meeting and parting.

To shake off, to drive off; to throw off or down by violence; as, to shake off the dust of the feet; also, to rid one's self; to free from; to divest of; as, to shake off disease or grief; to shake off troublesome dependents.

SHAKE, verb intransitive

1. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; as, the tree shakes with the wind; the house shakes in a tempest.

The foundations of the earth do shake. Isaiah 24:18.

2. To tremble; to shiver; to quake; as, a man shakes in an ague; or he shakes with cold, or with terror.

3. To totter.

Under his burning wheels

The steadfast empyrean shook throught,

All but the throne itself of God. Milton.

SHAKE, noun

1. Concussion; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and the other; agitation.

The great soldier's honor was composed of thicker stuff which could endure a shake. Herbert.

2. A trembling or shivering; agitation.

3. A motion of hands clasped.

Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. Addison.

4. In music, a trill; a rapid reiteration of two notes comprehending an interval not greater than one whole tone, nor less than a semitone.

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