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# shake

«shake» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move something quickly up and down or side to side** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (shake, shakes, shook, shaken, shaking); noun (a shake, shakes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#m1)

2) To shake hands is to hold someone's hand and move it up and down to greet them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#m2)

3) To shake is to tremble, like shaking with cold or fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#m3)

4) A shake (milkshake) is a cold drink made with milk and ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#m4)

5) To shake your head is to move it side to side to mean «no». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#m5)

6) To shake something off can mean to get rid of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

an action in the story, often shaking hands (counting handshakes); also a milk shake that is bought; in science: in an earthquake the ground shakes; shaking a bottle mixes things; in manners: shake hands to greet; phrases: «shake hands», «shake your head», «shake off» (get rid of), «in two shakes» (very soon)

### examples

- Each child shakes hands with every other child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x1)
- How many handshakes are there if 5 people each shake hands once? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x2)
- A milk shake costs 3 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x3)
- She shook the jar and 4 coins fell out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x4)
- Shake the bottle before you pour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x5)
- The ground shook during the earthquake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x6)
- He was shaking with cold after the swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x7)
- She shook her head to say no. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x8)
- I'll be ready in two shakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x9)
- I'm preparin' fer to shake worldliness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x10)

### note

For handshakes, each pair shakes once: with n people there are n × (n − 1) ÷ 2. Trap: do not count the same handshake twice. Irregular: shake, shook, (has) shaken. Not «shaked».

### In the corpora

- [Vibrato is a controlled wobble in the voice that singers use on purpose, different from a nervous shake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/16/)
- [Small shakes are normal; artists draw lightly with many strokes from the shoulder and elbow, then darken the line they like.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see/17/)
- [Bumblebees can buzz at a special pitch that shakes pollen out of tomato flowers, and farmers use them in greenhouses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/17/)
- [Think of a fizzy drink: shake it and the gas wants out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/1/)
- [Scooby-Doo shakes with fear, Garfield wolfs a tray of lasagne, Sonic zooms round loops faster than sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shake» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.