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Meanings of shake in English

Portuguese
handshake
Catalan
encaixada

Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

handshake
Portuguese
milkshake
Catalan
batut

Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.

milkshake
Portuguese
trema
Catalan
estremiment
Spanish
temblor

A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement.

trema
Portuguese
agitação
Catalan
sotragueig

Causing to move repeatedly from side to side.

agitação
Synonyms
Examples for "tremble"
Examples for "tremble"
1
Right after the interchange onto I-95, however, he began to tremble badly.
Dearly Devoted Dexter
2
His millennium-firmed right hand continued to tremble for the next fifteen minutes.
Cities in Flight
3
The enemy sowed tracts in the night, and the righteous men tremble.
Cambridge Pieces
4
Observe them closely, and in silence; and you will make them tremble.
Cinq Mars — Volume 2
5
She was silent still; but he felt her hand tremble in his.
Two Years Ago, Volume II.
1
Missy's words sent a shiver up Elaine's spine but she said nothing.
Cry for the strangers
2
The buds will shiver in the cold air when the sheaths drop.
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
3
To be completely honest, however, part of that shiver was from apprehension.
Murder most frothy
4
Pass me the wine; it makes me shiver to think of it.
Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War
5
Since the budget, a nervous shiver has run through the Labour party.
The Guardian
Usage of shake in English
1
A spokeswoman said Johnson family members wouldn't comment on the latest shake-up.
Reuters
2
Variety reports a couple of reasons for the shake-up: budget and storytelling.
Wired
3
Hasty steps shake the staircase; the door opens precipitately; it is Andre.
The Nabob
4
However, experts say the shake-up is some time away from yielding fruit.
Reuters
5
Barclays certainly needs some new people to shake up its brash culture.
Reuters
6
He reckons the shake-up could increase Sony's market value by 60 percent.
Reuters
7
He returns; enters your room; you shake his hand heartily in welcome.
How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's / And Other...
8
New Zealand's 78 local authorities are about to have a major shake-up.
Radio NZ
9
The railway-station is in the garden, and the expresses shake the house.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2
10
That launched Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's radical shake-up of the economy.
Reuters
11
However, the company has not been able to shake off the allegations.
Reuters
12
He suffered from severe sea sickness that he could not shake off.
Silence of the grave
13
She could not quite shake the feeling that he wouldn't come home.
Year's best sf 15
14
It proposes a major administrative shake-up with greater emphasis on emerging nations.
The Irish Times
15
Vitamin shake Increasing the amount of food we produce is one thing.
BBC
16
Governance experts said the Vornado share sale would shake confidence even further.
Reuters