Shake and Shrink

Shake

Shake verb - To make a series of small irregular or violent movements.

Shrink and shake are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shrink" instead a verb "Shake".

Nearby Words: shaky, shaking, shaken, shakedown, shaker

Shrink

Shrink verb - To draw back in fear, pain, or disgust.
Usage example: shrinking back from the approaching flames

Shake and shrink are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shake" instead a verb "Shrink".

Nearby Words: shrinking, shrinkage

Common collocations

way shake way shrink way
screen shake screen shrink screen
earth shake earth shrink earth
little shake little shrink little
Other words: head, heads.
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