I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , vigorous
▪
Give the tablecloth a good ~ before putting it away.
▪ firm
▪ violent
▪ gentle , little , slight , small
▪ quick
▪ mental
▪
He gave himself a mental ~ and got down to work.
VERB + SHAKE
▪ give sb/sth
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪ ~ of
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of your/the head
II.
verb
1 tremble
ADVERB
▪ badly , furiously , terribly , uncontrollably , violently
▪
Her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't hold her glass.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ almost , practically
▪
He was almost shaking with the intensity of what he was saying.
▪
Roxy was practically shaking with anger.
▪ literally , physically
▪
I was numb with dread. I was literally shaking.
▪ visibly
▪ nervously
▪
My hands started shaking nervously.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
My body was shaking from the cold.
▪ with
▪
She was shaking with anger/fury/rage.
▪
to ~ with fear/laughter/sobs
PHRASES
▪ be shaking all over , be shaking from head to toe
▪
He was crying and shaking all over.
▪ be shaking in your boots (= be frightened) , be shaking like a leaf
▪ find yourself shaking
▪
I found myself shaking uncontrollably with cold.
▪ start shaking
▪
I started shaking with fear.
▪ stop shaking
▪
I just couldn't stop shaking.
2 move sb/sth from side to side, etc.
ADVERB
▪ hard , roughly , vigorously , violently
▪
He shook the blankets vigorously to get rid of the dust.
▪
She must have shaken the baby very violently to inflict such severe injuries.
▪ gently , lightly , slightly
▪ well
▪
Shake well before use.
(instructions on a bottle of medicine, etc.)
▪ suddenly
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪
He shook her gently by the shoulders.
3 your head
ADVERB
▪ decisively , emphatically , firmly
▪ fiercely , furiously , vehemently , vigorously , violently , wildly
▪ a little , gently , lightly , slightly
▪ quickly
▪ slowly
▪ dismissively , impatiently
▪ despairingly , desperately , helplessly , miserably , mournfully , regretfully , ruefully , sadly , sorrowfully
▪ wearily
▪ disbelievingly , doubtfully
▪ just , merely , only , simply
▪
He merely shook his head.
▪ silently
▪ from side to side
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
He shook his head at her disbelievingly.
▪ in
▪
She shook her head in disbelief.
4 sb's hand
ADVERB
▪ firmly , vigorously
▪ warmly
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb by the hand
▪
Our host shook each of us warmly by the hand.
Shake is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ arm , ↑ body , ↑ door , ↑ earth , ↑ earthquake , ↑ explosion , ↑ hand , ↑ knee , ↑ leg , ↑ shoulder , ↑ sob , ↑ thunder , ↑ tremor , ↑ voice
Shake is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ belief , ↑ confidence , ↑ conviction , ↑ curl , ↑ dice , ↑ dirt , ↑ dust , ↑ faith , ↑ feeling , ↑ fist , ↑ foundation , ↑ ground , ↑ hand , ↑ head , ↑ hip , ↑ mane , ↑ world