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Nouns (18)

shake

n. a cast of the dice

shake, trill

n. a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

shake, shingle

n. building material used as siding or roofing

wag, waggle, shake

n. causing to move repeatedly from side to side

shake, tremble, shiver

n. a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

shake, handshake, handshaking, hand-shaking procedure

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

shake, milkshake, milk shake

n. frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

Verbs (20)

v. raise; "up the ante"

shake

v. undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

shake, agitate

v. move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

shake, judder

v. shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering"

shake, tremble, didder

v. move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"

shake, rock, sway

v. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"

shake, shake off, throw off, escape from

v. get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"

shake, stir, stimulate, excite

v. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

Adverbs (3)

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

Adjectives (12)

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

Fuzzynyms (166)

embellishment

n. a superfluous ornament

waver, flutter, flicker

n. the act of moving back and forth

agitation

n. the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)

vibration, quiver, quivering

n. the act of vibrating

tremor, shudder

n. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

wince, flinch

n. a reflex response to sudden pain

clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold

n. the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"

jaw, jaws

n. holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

vise, bench vise

n. a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

fist, clenched fist

n. a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

touch, disturb

v. tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"

shudder, shiver, throb, thrill

v. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

bounce

v. leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"

oscillate, vibrate

v. move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

heat, inflame, stir up, fire up

v. arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

quiver, quake

v. shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

shove, jostle

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

bounce, eject from the premises

v. eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"

bump, dance erotically

v. dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"

bump, displace, dislodge

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

jar, shake up, shock physically, bump around

v. shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"

lose, misplace, mislay

v. place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

disturb, stir up, shake up, agitate, commove, raise up

v. change the arrangement or position of

flutter, palpitate, beat rapidly

v. beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"

pulse, throb, pulsate

v. expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

tremor, tremble, quake

v. move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"

flap, move noisily

v. move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"

stream, well out

v. flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"

wave, flap, undulate

v. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

pitch, tilt, cant, slant, cant over

v. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

roll, turn over, revolve

v. move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

seesaw, teeter, totter

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

delight, please, give joy

v. give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

thrill, exalt, exhilarate

v. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

cheer, cheer up, chirk up

v. become cheerful

gladden, become glad

v. become glad or happy

set off, instigate, incite, stir up

v. provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

pique, offend

v. cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"

bother, annoy

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

rag, bother, devil, nark, nettle, gravel, irritate, mortify, get to, get at, rile, annoy, vex

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

peeve

v. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

discourage

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

jog

v. stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"

prompt, inspire, instigate

v. serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"

raise, arouse, bring up, invoke, call forth, put forward, conjure up, call down

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle

v. disturb the composure of

awaken, waken, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

force out, rout out, drive out, rouse

v. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

electrify, charge with electricity

v. charge (a conductor) with electricity

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

Synonyms (42)

stir up, agitate, foment

v. try to stir up public opinion

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

Antonyms (3)

gratify, satisfy

v. make happy or satisfied

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

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