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English
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Pronunciation
IPA|/'�eɪk/
audio|en-us-shake.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪk|-eɪk

Etymology
OE. scacan.

Verb
en-verb|shakes|shaking|shook|shaken

1. transitive ergative To cause (something) to move rapidly from side to side.

#: The earthquake shook the building.

1. transitive To disturb emotionally; to shock.

#: Her father's death shook her terribly.

1. transitive To lose, evade, or get rid of (something)

#: I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.

1. intransitive To move from side to side.

#:She shook with grief.

1. intransitive To shake hands.

#:OK, let's shake on it.

Translations
trans-top|(transitive) to cause to move
Danish: ryste
Finnish: t-|fi|ravistaa, t-|fi|ravistella
French: t+|fr|secouer
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Kurdish:

Old English: t-|ang|cweccan|altcwe��an|xsOld English
Russian: �����и (tr'astí) impf
Slovene: t-|sl|tresti
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trans-top|(transitive) to disturb emotionally
Danish: ryste, chokere
Finnish: järkyttää
French: t+|fr|secouer
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Russian: по����а�� (potr'asát') impf, по�����и (potr'astí) pf
Slovene: pretresti
Swedish: t+|sv|skaka
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trans-top|(transitive) to lose, evade
Danish: ryste af sig
Finnish: karistaa
French: t+|fr|secouer
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Russian: �����ива�� (str'á�ivat') impf, �����н��� (str'a�nút') pf, избавл����� (izbavl'át's'a) impf, избави���� (izbávit't's'a) pf
Slovene: otresti se
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trans-top|(intransitive)to move from side to side
Danish: t-|da|rokke
Finnish: t-|fi|vapista, t+|fi|täristä
French: t+|fr|secouer|alt=se secouer
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Kurdish:

Nahuatl: cuecuexi, cuecuechiuia
Old English: t-|ang|cwacian|xs=Old English
Russian: �����и�� (tr'astís') impf, �а�а���� (šatát's'a) impf
Slovene: tresti se
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trans-top|(intransitive) to shake hands
Danish: give hånd på
Finnish: kätellä, paiskata kättä
French: se serrer la main
German: händeschütteln
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Slovene: stresti
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�ز IPAchar|(házza)
ttbc|Chinese: �, � (yáo)
ttbc|Dutch: schudden
ttbc|German: erschüttern (1,4), schütteln (2,3), schwanken (6)
ttbc|Hungarian: ráz, megráz
ttbc|Indonesian: guncang|mengguncang, kocok|mengocok
ttbc|Italian: scuotere
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ttbc|Japanese: �� (��, furu), ��� (���, yurasu), ��� (���, yureru)
ttbc|Korean: �� (ddeolda)
ttbc|Norwegian: riste
ttbc|Portuguese: sacudir
ttbc|Spanish: agitar, sacudir
ttbc|Swedish: skaka
ttbc|Telugu: ��ద�ప� (kudupu)
ttbc|Tok Pisin: seksekim, sakim, seksek (6), sekan (7)
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Noun
en-noun

1. The act of shaking something.

#:The cat gave the mouse a shake.

1. A milkshake.
2. Ground-up marijuana.

Translations
trans-top|act of shaking
Danish: rysten c, rusk n
Finnish: t-|fi|ravistus, t-|fi|ravistelu
French: t-|fr|secousse
German: Schütteln f
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trans-top|milkshake
Danish: t-|da|milkshake|c
Finnish: t+|fi|pirtelö
German: t+|de|Milchshake|m
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Slovene: Å¡ejk m
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trans-top|ground-up marijuana
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See also
in two shakes of a lamb's tail
shake 'n bake

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Category:English ergative verbs
Category:English irregular verbs

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