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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shake \Shake\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.]
1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. --Rev. vi. 13.
Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's basis. --Milton.
2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. --Atterbury.
Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton.
3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak.
'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age. --Shak.
I could scarcely shake him out of my company. --Bunyan.
{To shake a cask} (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.
{To shake hands}, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
{To shake out a reef} (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas.
{To shake the bells}. See under {Bell}.
{To shake the sails} (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
1. Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.
2. Cracked or checked; split. See {Shake}, noun, 2.
Nor is the wood shaken or twisted. --Barroe.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken" [syn: {jolted}, {shaken}]
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