3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shake  \Shake\,  v.  t.  [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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shaken  \Shak"en\,  a. 
  1.  Caused  to  shake;  agitated;  as  a  shaken  bough. 
 
  2.  Cracked  or  checked;  split.  See  {Shake},  n.,  2. 
 
  Nor  is  the  wood  shaken  or  twisted.  --Barroe. 
 
  3.  Impaired,  as  by  a  shock. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shaken 
  adj  :  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}] 

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