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# shake

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

«shake» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side. [tree →](https://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://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://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#m6)

### 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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x2)
- A milk shake costs 3 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x3)
- She shook the jar and 4 coins fell out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x4)
- Shake the bottle before you pour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x5)
- The ground shook during the earthquake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x6)
- He was shaking with cold after the swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x7)
- She shook her head to say no. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x8)
- I'll be ready in two shakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/#x9)
- I'm preparin' fer to shake worldliness. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition

To shake can mean to tremble with fear, as Job's bones did, or to move violently, as waves and mountains do. The psalms use it for the shaking of the earth before God's power. In Genesis it also means to throw off a yoke.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the shaking mountains and seas as the world trembling before its Creator.

### Examples

- And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck. (Torah GEN.27.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shake/#x1)
- At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves shall shake. (Prophets EZK.27.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shake/#x2)
- Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake. (Writings JOB.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shake/#x3)
- Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof. (Writings PSA.46.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shake/#x4)

### 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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shake» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shake» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shake.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «shake» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shake/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shake» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shake.html) on Mova free.