Kilo Lingo

shake

/ʃeɪk/

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Translation

To move something quickly up and down or from side to side, again and again.

Word origin

From Old English sceacan, meaning to move quickly to and fro.

Origin
Old English
Root
sceacan

Grammar

Verb typeirregular (shake, shakes, shook)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

Examples

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"Shake" means to move the bottle quickly up and down.

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"Shakes" is the form used with he, she, or it.

off .

"Shook" is the past form of "shake".

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This word is part of lesson 14.