[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shake \shake\,
   obs. p. p. of shake. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
shake 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shake \shake\, v. t. imp. shook; p. p. shaken, shook,
   obs.; p. pr.  vb. n. shaking. oe. shaken, schaken, as.
   scacan, sceacan; akin to icel.  sw. skaka, os. skakan, to
   depart, to flee. root161. cf. shock, v.
   1. 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.
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            as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is
            shaken of a mighty wind.              --rev. vi. 13.
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            ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
            that shake heaven's basis.            --milton.
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   2. fig.: to move from firmness; to weaken the stability of;
      to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
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            when his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by
            his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.
                                                  --atterbury.
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            thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
            can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --milton.
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   3. mus. to give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake
      a note in music.
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   4. 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.
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            shake off the golden slumber of repose. --shak.
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            'tis our fast intent
            to shake all cares and business from our age.
                                                  --shak.
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            i could scarcely shake him out of my company.
                                                  --bunyan.
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   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.
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see also:
shook shaken shaking shock to shake a cask to shake hands 
to shake out a reef to shake the bells bell to shake the sails 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shake \shake\, v. i.
   to be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble;
   to shiver; to quake; to totter.
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         under his burning wheels
         the steadfast empyrean shook throughout,
         all but the throne itself of god.        --milton.
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         what danger? who 's that that shakes behind there?
                                                  --beau.  fl.
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   shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of
      beef cut from the under side of the neck. see illust. of
      beef.
      1913 webster
see also:
shaking piece beef 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shake \shake\, n.
   1. the act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering
      motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling,
      quaking, or shivering; agitation.
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            the great soldier's honor was composed
            of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake.
                                                  --herbert.
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            our salutations were very hearty on both sides,
            consisting of many kind shakes of the hand.
                                                  --addison.
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   2. a fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried
      too suddenly. --gwilt.
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   3. a fissure in rock or earth.
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   4. mus. a rapid alternation of a principal tone with
      another represented on the next degree of the staff above
      or below it; a trill.
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   5. naut. one of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken
      apart. --totten.
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   6. a shook of staves and headings. --knight.
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   7. zool. the redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its
      head while on the ground. prov. eng.
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   no great shakes, of no great importance. slang --byron.

   the shakes, the fever and ague. colloq. u.s.
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see also:
no great shakes the shakes 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shake
     n 1: building material used as siding or roofing syn: shingle
     2: frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or
        ice cream syn: milkshake, milk shake
     3: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone
        above it syn: trill
     4: grasping and shaking a person's hand as to acknowledge an
        introduction or to agree on a contract syn: handshake,
         handshaking, handclasp
     5: reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement syn: tremble,
         shiver
     6: causing to move repeatedly from side to side syn: wag, waggle
     v 1: move or cause to move back and forth; "the chemist shook the
          flask vigorously"; "my hands were shaking" syn: agitate
     2: move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook" syn: didder
     3: shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "the old engine
        was juddering" syn: judder
     4: move back and forth  or sideways; "the ship was rocking";
        "the tall building swayed"; "she rocked back and forth on
        her feet" syn: rock, sway
     5: undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken";
        "the bad news shook her hopes"
     6: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "these stories
        shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
        syn: stimulate, shake up, excite, stir
     7: get rid of; "i couldn't shake the car that was following me"
        syn: shake off, throw off, escape from
     8: 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"
     9: 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"
     also: shook, shaken
see also:
shingle milkshake milk shake trill handshake handshaking 
handclasp tremble shiver wag waggle 
agitate didder judder rock sway 
stimulate shake up excite stir shake off 
throw off escape from shook shaken 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

599 moby thesaurus words for "shake":
   bebung, abandon, abate, accost, address, affright, age, agitate,
   agitating, agitation, alarm, alcoholic drink, all-overs, anthem,
   aphonia, appall, artificial voice, assault, attenuate, avoid, awe,
   ballad, be cold, beam, bear, bear upon, beat, beat up, beating,
   beg, beverage, bid good day, bid good morning, billet, blackmail,
   blunt, board, boarding, bob, bobble, boost, bother, bounce, bow to,
   bowl down, bowl over, brandish, break in, break the habit, breath,
   breathing, brick, broken speech, broken tones, broken voice,
   brush off, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt,
   butt against, careen, carol, chant, chatter, cheat the undertaker,
   childish treble, chill, chirp, chirrup, choir, choked voice,
   chorus, churn, churn up, circumvent, clapboard, clog, coggle, comb,
   concuss, condition, confound, confuse, convulse, cord, cordwood,
   coup, cower, crack, cracked voice, cram, cramp, cripple, croak,
   croon, crow, crowd, crush, curdle the blood, curtsy, damage, damp,
   dampen, dance, dangle, dash, daunt, deaden, deal, debilitate,
   debug, decline, delirium tremens, demoralize, descant, deter,
   devitalize, didder, dig, disaffect, disappoint, disarrange,
   discard, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert,
   discontinue, discourage, disenchant, dishearten, dislodge,
   disorder, display, disquiet, distress, disturb, ditch, dither,
   do-re-mi, dodder, double, drawl, driftwood, drink, drinkable,
   drive, drop, dull, dysarthria, dyslalia, dyslogia, dysphasia,
   dysphonia, dysphrasia, elbow, electrify, elude, enervate, enfeeble,
   escape, evade, eviscerate, exchange greetings, excite, exhaust,
   exhibit, extenuate, face, fade, fail, falsetto, falter, faze,
   ferment, fidget, firewood, flap, flash, flaunt, flicker, flip out,
   flit, flitter, float, flop, flourish, fluctuate, flurry, fluster,
   flutter, fly, foot, force, fox-trot, freak out on, freeze,
   freeze to death, fret, fright, frighten, frosted, frosted shake,
   funk, get along, get around, get away from, get high on, get on,
   get out of, get rid of, get to, give up, glass, glaze, glow,
   go pitapat, goad, greet, grimace, grind, grow cold, grow old,
   gruel, gyrate, gyration, hail, half a jiffy, half a mo,
   half a second, half a shake, halt, hardwood, harm, harshness,
   have a chill, have an ague, have goose pimples, have the fidgets,
   have the shakes, hawking voice, heave, hiss, hoarseness, hold up,
   hoof, hop, horrify, horripilate, hum, hurtle, hustle, hymn,
   idioglossia, idiolalia, impair, impairment of speech, instant,
   intonate, intone, jab, jactitate, jam, jar, jarring, jerk, jiff,
   jiffy, jig, jigget, jiggle, jimjams, jog, joggle, jolt, jolting,
   jostle, jounce, jump, jumps, kick, kiss, kiss hands, knock down,
   lath, lathing, lathwork, lay low, leave off, librate, lift the hat,
   lilt, limp, liquid, liquor, lisp, lisping, log, look all over,
   look everywhere, lose, lose heat, loss of voice, lumber, lurch,
   make one tremble, malt, microsecond, millisecond, mince, minstrel,
   minute, mitigate, mix up, moment, muzzy speech, nasal tone,
   nasalization, nod to, nudge, nutate, oscillate, outwit, overawe,
   overcome, paddle, palpitate, palpitation, panelboard, paneling,
   panelwork, pant, paper, parade, pendulate, perish with cold,
   perplex, perturb, perturbate, pile drive, pipe, pitapat, pitch,
   pitter-patter, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, poke, pole, pop,
   post, potable, potation, prance, press, prod, prostrate, prove,
   psalm, psych out, pull the forelock, pulsate, pump, punch,
   puncheon, push, puzzle, quail, quake, quaker, quaking, quaver,
   quiver, quivering, raise apprehensions, rake, ram, ram down,
   ransack, rattle, reduce, reel, resonate, revet, rictus, rifle,
   rile, ripple, rock, roil, roll, roughen, roulade, ruffle, rummage,
   rumple, run, run against, salute, sap, say hello, scare, scour,
   search high heaven, sec, second, serenade, shake all over,
   shake down, shake hands, shake off, shake up, shaking, sheathe,
   sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shimmy, shingle, shiver,
   shivering, shivers, shock, shoulder, shove, show off, shrivel,
   shudder, shuddering, shuffle, shuffle out of, sibilation,
   sideboard, siding, sing, sing in chorus, sink, skip, skirt, slab,
   slat, slate, slip, soda, soda pop, soda water, soft drink,
   soften up, softwood, sol-fa, solmizate, speech defect,
   speech impediment, splat, split second, splutter, spook, sputter,
   squeeze, squirm, stagger, startle, stave, stick, stick of wood,
   stir, stir up, stirring up, stone, stop, stovewood, stress, stroke,
   stun, swag, sway, swear off, swell, swell with emotion, swing,
   swirl, take aback, talk incoherently, tamp, tap-dance, teeter,
   temblor, test, thatch, the shakes, threaten, three-by-four, thrill,
   thrill to, throb, throw off, thrust, tic, tick, tile, timber,
   timbering, timberwork, tingle, tingle with excitement, tonic, toss,
   toss and turn, totter, touch the hat, tremble, trembling,
   tremolando, tremolant, tremolo, tremor, tremors, trice, trill,
   trillet, trilleto, trillo, trip, troll, trouble, tumble, turn gray,
   turn inside out, turn on to, turn upside down, turn white, twang,
   tweedle, tweedledee, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twist and turn,
   twit, twitch, twitter, two shakes, two-by-four, unbrace, uncover,
   undermine, undo, undulate, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstrengthen,
   unstring, upset, vacillate, vaunt, veneer, vibrate, vibrato,
   vocalize, wag, waggle, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, waltz, wane,
   warble, waste away, wave, waver, wavering, weaken, weatherboard,
   whip, whip up, whisk, whistle, wield, wiggle, wigwag, willies,
   wink, wither, wizen, wobble, wobbling, wood, work up, worry,
   wriggle, wrinkle, writhe, yodel

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