estrechar la mano a alguien
V
to shake hands with someone
V
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English Definitions
shake
N
building material used as siding or roofing
shake
N
frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
shake
N
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
shake
N
grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
shake
N
a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
shake
N
causing to move repeatedly from side to side
shake
V
move or cause to move back and forth
shake
V
move with or as if with a tremor
shake
V
shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
shake
V
move back and forth or sideways
shake
V
undermine or cause to waver
shake
V
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
shake
V
bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
shake
V
shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
shake hands
V
take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
shake up
V
shock physically
shake up
V
shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
shake up
V
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
shake up
V
change the arrangement or position of
shake up
V
make fuller by shaking
shake-up
N
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
capable of being weakened
shakedown
N
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
shakedown
N
a very thorough search of a person or a place
shakedown
N
extortion of money (as by blackmail)
shakedown
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
shaken
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
N
an economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry
shaker
N
a person who wields power and influence
N
a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world
shaker
N
a container in which something can be shaken
N
a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States
N
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
N
a Shakespearean scholar
Shakespearean
of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works
N
a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearian
N
a Shakespearean scholar
Shakespearian
of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works
N
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
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