shake
Because it is a word with a single syllable, shake is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofshake
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
Example: "She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head."
- A milkshake.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- (building material) A thin shingle.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
Example: "He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere."
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.
Example: "Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no"."
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
Example: "to shake fruit down from a tree"
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
Synonyms: traumatize
Example: "He was shaken by what had happened."
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
Example: "I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something."
- To move from side to side.
Example: "She shook with grief."
- (usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
Example: "OK, let's shake on it."
- To dance.
Example: "She was shaking it on the dance floor."
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
Example: "to shake a note in music"
- To threaten to overthrow.
Example: "The experience shook my religious belief."
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
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