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1. Shake
   In music the term shake describes a rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it.
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2. Shake
   See split.
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3. shake
   [v] - get rid of 2. [v] - move or cause to move quickly back and forth 3. [v] - shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state 4. [v] - bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking 5. [v] - undermine or cause to waver
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4. Shake
   Shake can be described as unpleasant vibration perceived in the vehicle. A variety of mechanisms can cause shake depending on the degree and type of interaction between the major vehicle systems e.g., engine, suspension and body etc. Common examples of shake are: Idle shake which manifests itself wh...
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5. shake
   a longitudinal fissure in wood resulting from stresses that caused the wood fibres to separate along the grain,and not extending in the converted piece from one surface to another Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a hand-cleft shingle Category: ...
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6. Shake
   A thick handsplit shingle, resawed to form two shakes; usually edge-grained.
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7. Shake
   Shake obsolete past participle of Shake . Chaucer.
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8. Shake
   Shake transitive verb [ imperfect Shook ; past participle Shaken , ( Shook , obsolete ); present participle & verbal noun Shaking .] [ Middle English...
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9. Shake
   Shake intransitive verb To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter. « Under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God.» Milton.
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10. Shake
    Shake noun 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation. « The great soldier's honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which could endure a
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11. shake
    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.' ...
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12. shake
    throw off verb get rid of; `I couldn`t shake the car that was following me`
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13. Shake
    • (n.) A fissure in rock or earth. • (v.) 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. • (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being ...
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14. shake
    (from the article `wood`) Relatively more important from the practical point of view is variation caused by the presence of defects such as knots, spiral grain, compression ...
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15. Shake
    Shake is slang for instantaneous or very rapid action.
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16. Shake
    Shake is slang for instantaneous or very rapid action.
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17. Shake
    - A wood roofing material, normally cedar or redwood. Produced by splitting a block of the wood along the grain line. Modern shakes are sometimes machine sawn on one side. See shingle.
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18. Shake
    A wood, usually cedar, roofing product which is produced by splitting a block of the wood along the grain line. Modern shakes are sometimes machine sawn on one side. See 'Shingle'.
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19. shake
    
    • building material used as siding or roofing
    • frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
    • a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
    • causing to move repeatedly from side to side
    
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20. shake
    Separation or breakage of the wood fibres caused by stresses in the standing tree or by felling and handling of the log. It is not caused by shrinkage during drying
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21. shake
    an informal unit of time equal to 10^-8 second or 10 nanoseconds (ns). This unit originated in nuclear physics. In an atomic explosion, fast-moving neutrons break apart atoms of uranium or plutonium; the fission of these atoms releases additional neutrons which keep the reaction going. The shake is the approximate lifetime of ...
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22. Shake
    A crack which opens up between two growth rings running along the grain.
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23. Shake
    The technique of shaking bees from frames of comb to remove bees; often used by package bee suppliers to shake bees into shipping cage funnels. Also used when transferring frames of brood from one colony to another.
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24. Shake
    (software) `Shake` is a discontinued image compositing package used in the post-production industry. Shake was widely used in visual effects and digital compositing for film, HD and commercials. Shake exposed its node graph architecture graphically. It enabled complex image processing sequenc...
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25. Shake
    (shingle) A `shake` is a basic wooden shingle that is made from split logs. Shakes have traditionally been used for roofing and siding applications around the world. Higher grade shakes are typically used for roofing purposes, while the lower grades are used for siding purposes. In either sit...
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