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shake to move irregularly to and fro The first known use: before the 12th century |
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5 Letters, 1 Syllable |
shake |
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3 Phonemes |
S A k |
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onset, rime |
sh ake |
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Morpheme |
shake |
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Sentence Examples The ground shook during the earthquake. The house shook as the train rumbled by. The earthquake shook the ground. I was so nervous that I was shaking like a leaf. The fugitive couldn't shake the police. It's hard to shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something. The news did nothing to shake my belief that things will be okay. Nothing could shake his faith in God. He responded to the question with a shake of his head. Give the dice a shake. He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes. |
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Common Phrases shake An earthquake. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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