shake-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: move or cause to shudder or vibrate

Commentary: includes resultative constructions; see examples

Examples:
The chemist shook the flask vigorously.
His hands couldn't stop shaking.
He was shaken from his dreams.
Shake the salt out of the salt shaker.
He shook off his water logged boots.
I shook my piggy bank but all that came out was a paper clip.
The 6.2 magnitude quake shook the densely populated province.
A child 's brain and body can be injured when he or she is shaken.

Mappings:
VerbNet: body_internal_states-40.6,crane-40.3.2,funnel-9.3-1-1,knead-26.5,modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3,shake-22.3-2
FrameNet: Body_movement,Cause_to_move_in_place,Moving_in_place
PropBank: shake.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shake_up 3, 6

Sense Number 2: make unstable, undermine, cause to waver, challenge

Commentary: Includes: SHAKE UP

Examples:
My faith has been shaken.
The bad news shook her hopes.
The civil war shook the country.
I'm all shook up!
The sinister and surreal events of the night shook him up so badly that he resigned.

Mappings:
VerbNet: amuse-31.1
FrameNet: Experiencer_obj
PropBank: shake.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shake_up 1, 4, 5

Sense Number 3: make a communicative gesture

Examples:
She shook her finger at the naughty students.
Teach your horse to shake his head yes and no.
They ought not shake hands with people while they are infected.
Don't shake your fist at me.
Shake, shake, shake, shake your booty.

Mappings:
VerbNet: crane-40.3.2
FrameNet: Body_movement
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shake_hands 1

Sense Number 4: get rid of

Examples:
I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched.
He tried to shake the car that was following him.
He shook off his image as one of international football's conservatives.
Daughter Barbara shook off her Secret Service escort.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: shake.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shake_off 1, 2

Sense Number 5: shuffle and reorganize

Commentary: Includes: SHAKE UP (specific. general sense of challenge or undermine is sense 2)

Examples:
The corporation shook up its financial staff after the buyout.
As rumored , Microsoft shook up Windows development by putting Steven Sinofsky in charge.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: shake.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
shake_up 2