shake – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of shake

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shake sth out
Participle: shaked sth out
Gerund: shaking sth out

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

Ihave shaked sth out
youhave shaked sth out
he;she;ithas shaked sth out
wehave shaked sth out
youhave shaked sth out
theyhave shaked sth out

Past

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

Pluperfect

Ihad shaked sth out
youhad shaked sth out
he;she;ithad shaked sth out
wehad shaked sth out
youhad shaked sth out
theyhad shaked sth out

Future

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

Future Perfect

Iwill have shaked sth out
youwill have shaked sth out
he;she;itwill have shaked sth out
wewill have shaked sth out
youwill have shaked sth out
theywill have shaked sth out

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

Ihave shaked sth out
youhave shaked sth out
he;she;ithave shaked sth out
wehave shaked sth out
youhave shaked sth out
theyhave shaked sth out

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

Ihad shaked sth out
youhad shaked sth out
he;she;ithad shaked sth out
wehad shaked sth out
youhad shaked sth out
theyhad shaked sth out

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

Iwould have shaked sth out
youwould have shaked sth out
he;she;itwould have shaked sth out
wewould have shaked sth out
youwould have shaked sth out
theywould have shaked sth out

Imperative

youshake sth out
weLet's shake sth out
youshake sth out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

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)