shake – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of shake

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shake down sth
Participle: shaken down sth
Gerund: shaking down sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ishake down sth
youshake down sth
he;she;itshakes down sth
weshake down sth
youshake down sth
theyshake down sth

Perfect

Ihave shaken down sth
youhave shaken down sth
he;she;ithas shaken down sth
wehave shaken down sth
youhave shaken down sth
theyhave shaken down sth

Past

Ishaked down sth
youshaked down sth
he;she;itshaked down sth
weshaked down sth
youshaked down sth
theyshaked down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad shaken down sth
youhad shaken down sth
he;she;ithad shaken down sth
wehad shaken down sth
youhad shaken down sth
theyhad shaken down sth

Future

Iwill shake down sth
youwill shake down sth
he;she;itwill shake down sth
wewill shake down sth
youwill shake down sth
theywill shake down sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have shaken down sth
youwill have shaken down sth
he;she;itwill have shaken down sth
wewill have shaken down sth
youwill have shaken down sth
theywill have shaken down sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ishake down sth
youshake down sth
he;she;itshake down sth
weshake down sth
youshake down sth
theyshake down sth

Perfect

Ihave shaken down sth
youhave shaken down sth
he;she;ithave shaken down sth
wehave shaken down sth
youhave shaken down sth
theyhave shaken down sth

Imperfect

Ishaked down sth
youshaked down sth
he;she;itshaked down sth
weshaked down sth
youshaked down sth
theyshaked down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad shaken down sth
youhad shaken down sth
he;she;ithad shaken down sth
wehad shaken down sth
youhad shaken down sth
theyhad shaken down sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould shake down sth
youwould shake down sth
he;she;itwould shake down sth
wewould shake down sth
youwould shake down sth
theywould shake down sth

Perfect

Iwould have shaken down sth
youwould have shaken down sth
he;she;itwould have shaken down sth
wewould have shaken down sth
youwould have shaken down sth
theywould have shaken down sth

Imperative

youshake down sth
weLet's shake down sth
youshake down sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam shaking down sth
youare shaking down sth
he;she;itis shaking down sth
weare shaking down sth
youare shaking down sth
theyare shaking down sth

Perfect

Ihave been shaking down sth
youhave been shaking down sth
he;she;ithas been shaking down sth
wehave been shaking down sth
youhave been shaking down sth
theyhave been shaking down sth

Past

Iwas shaking down sth
youwere shaking down sth
he;she;itwas shaking down sth
wewere shaking down sth
youwere shaking down sth
theywere shaking down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been shaking down sth
youhad been shaking down sth
he;she;ithad been shaking down sth
wehad been shaking down sth
youhad been shaking down sth
theyhad been shaking down sth

Future

Iwill be shaking down sth
youwill be shaking down sth
he;she;itwill be shaking down sth
wewill be shaking down sth
youwill be shaking down sth
theywill be shaking down sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been shaking down sth
youwill have been shaking down sth
he;she;itwill have been shaking down sth
wewill have been shaking down sth
youwill have been shaking down sth
theywill have been shaking down sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be shaking down sth
youwould be shaking down sth
he;she;itwould be shaking down sth
wewould be shaking down sth
youwould be shaking down sth
theywould be shaking down sth

Perfect

Iwould have been shaking down sth
youwould have been shaking down sth
he;she;itwould have been shaking down sth
wewould have been shaking down sth
youwould have been shaking down sth
theywould have been shaking down sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'shake'

betake, caretake, forsake, mistake, overtake, partake, retake, shake, take, undertake,

Verbs similar to 'shake'

hake, shade, shale, shame, share, slake, smake, snake, stake, ashame,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sway violently back and forth
rock
to shake
shag
to make many quick, small movements up and down or from side to side
jiggle, quake, shag, tremble, vibrate, wiggle
vibrate
quiver, shiver, shudder, flutter, tremble, quake, palpitate, jounce
wave
flap, waggle, flourish, brandish
disturb
agitate, unsettle, daunt, intimidate, frighten, weaken, enfeeble

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. sceacan "to vibrate, make vibrate, move away" (class VI strong verb; past tense scoc, pp. scacen), from P.Gmc. *skakanan (cf. O.N., Swed. skaka, Dan. skage "to shift, turn, veer"). No cognates outside Gmc. except perhaps Skt. khaj "to agitate, churn." To shake hands dates from 1535. Shaky "insecure, unreliable" (of credit, etc.) is from 1841. Shake a leg "hurry up" first recorded 1904; shake a heel (sometimes foot) was an old way to say "to dance" (1667). Phrase more _____ than you can shake a stick at is attested from 1818, Amer.Eng. To shake (one's) head as a sign of disapproval is recorded from c.1300. Shaken, of persons, "weakened and agitated by shocks" is from 1641.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *skek-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *skakaną
5. Proto-West Germanic *skakan
6. Old English sċacan
7. Middle English schaken
8. English shake
9. From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan (“to shake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, swing, escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg-, *(s)kek- (“to jump, move”).
10. Cognate with Scots schake, schack (“to shake”), West Frisian schaekje (“to shake”), Dutch schaken (“to elope, make clean, shake”), Low German schaken (“to move, shift, push, shake”) and schacken (“to shake, shock”), Old Norse skaka (“to shake”), Norwegian Nynorsk skaka (“to shake”), Swedish skaka (“to shake”), Danish skage (“to shake”), Dutch schokken (“to shake, shock”), Russian скака́ть (skakátʹ, “to jump”). More at shock. See: Middle English 'schaken', Proto-Germanic '*skakaną', Dutch 'schaken', Low Saxon 'schaken', Norwegian, nynorsk 'skaka', Swedish 'skaka', Danish 'skage', Dutch 'schokken', Russian 'скака́ть'.

Verbs referencing "shake"

Sranan seki, Low Saxon schaken, Icelandic skaka, Norwegian, nynorsk skaka, Swedish skaka, Maltese xxejkja.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] an hour 's pleasant conversation about the ship, the passengers, and things in general, the captain (who never goes to bed, and is never out of humour ) turns up his coat collar for the deck again; shakes hands all round; and goes laughing out into the weather as merrily as to a birthday party. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] impression of the town and its inhabitants, and have preserved it to this hour. Nor was it without regret that I came home, without having found an opportunity of returning thither, and once more shaking hands with the friends I made that day. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] fowl living. Her corn-cake, in all its varieties of hoe-cake, dodgers, muffins, and other species too numerous to mention, was a sublime mystery to all less practised compounders; and she would shake her fat sides with honest pride and merriment, as she would narrate the fruitless efforts that one and another of her compeers had made to attain to her elevation. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] ! If I must be sold, or all the people on the place, and everything go to rack, why, let me be sold. I s’pose I can bar it as well as any on ’ em, ” he added, while something like a sob and a sigh shook his broad, rough chest convulsively. “ Mas’r always found me on the spot—he always will. I never have broke trust, nor used my pass no ways contrary to my word, and I never will. It's better for me [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] The party sitting down together to these meals will vary in number from one to two hundred: sometimes more. The advent of each of these epochs in the day is proclaimed by an awful gong, which shakes the very window-frames as it reverberates through the house, and horribly disturbs nervous foreigners. There is an ordinary for ladies, and an ordinary for gentlemen. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] among the busy streets and houses of a thriving city, have a very quaint appearance: seeming to bring about a kind of compromise between town and country; as if each had met the other half-way, and shaken hands upon it; which is at once novel and pleasant. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] but when I looked from them to him, I saw that his lip trembled, and could have counted the beating of his heart. I forget how it came about, but some allusion was made to his having a wife. He shook his head at the word, turned aside, and covered his face with his hands. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • They shook hands, and parted. CHAPTER X The Property Is Carried Off (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • George stood up like a rock, and put out his hand with the air of a prince. The friendly little old man shook it heartily, and after a little shower of caution, he took his umbrella, and fumbled his way out of the room. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] the hammer fell. Haley had got him. He was pushed from the block toward his new master, but stopped one moment, and looked back, when his poor old mother, trembling in every limb, held out her shaking hands toward him. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ♪ Don't fret in fear or worry forever ♪ ♪ Don't get shaken Don't be broken ♪ (Magudam)
  • " When you just shake a leg, it makes a blockbuster " (Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)