n. Function: verb
1 to move irregularly to and fro or up and down often in a wavering or oscillating manner FF1C; was so frightened that her hands shook FF1E;
Synonyms: ||didder, dither, quake, quaver, quiver, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, twitter
Related Words: palpitate, quail, waver; flicker, flit, flitter, flutter; fluctuate, oscillate; chatter, shimmy, vibrate
Idioms: shake like an aspen leaf
2 to undergo strong vibration especially as the result of a physical blow or shock FF1C; the platform shook as the train passed FF1E;
Synonyms: jar, quake, tremble, tremor, vibrate
Related Words: bounce, jounce; chatter, quiver, shimmy; rock, stagger
3 to cause to move in a quick, jerky manner FF1C; rattling and shaking the latch FF1E;
Synonyms: jiggle, joggle
Related Words: bounce, ||chounse, jounce; jostle; rattle; jerk
4 to cause to move to and fro or up and down violently FF1C; an earthquake that shook the whole coast FF1E;
Synonyms: agitate, concuss, convulse, rock
Related Words: jog, jostle, rattle, ||shog; commove, discompose, disorder, jar, jolt, unsettle; disquiet, disturb, perturb, upset; churn, roil, ruffle, stir up, whip
5 to get or keep away from (a pursuer) FF1C; tried unsuccessfully to shake the man tailing him FF1E;
Synonyms: lose, slip, throw off; compare ESCAPE 2
Related Words: avoid, elude; outwit
Idioms: get rid of, give (someone) the shake ( or slip), slip from under the eye of
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Synonyms: DISMAY 1, appall, consternate, daunt, horrify
Related Words: disturb, jar, rattle, unsettle, upset; bother, worry; unnerve, unstring