VERB | motion | shake up, jar, bump around | shock physically |
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social | shake up, reorganize, reorganise | organize anew | |
motion | shake up, succuss | shake | |
emotion | shake up, stimulate, shake, excite, stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | |
contact | shake up, agitate, vex, disturb, commove, stir up, raise up | change the arrangement or position of | |
contact | shake up, fluff up, plump up | make fuller by shaking |
Meaning | Shock physically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | jar, bump around | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Spanish | conmocionar, sacudir |
Meaning | organize anew. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | reorganize, reorganise | |
Narrower | retool, revise | revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving |
Broader | organize, organise | Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea |
Spanish | reorganizar | |
Catalan | reorganitzar | |
Nouns | shake-up, shakeup | the imposition of a new organization |
Meaning | shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | succuss | |
Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
Meaning | Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | The performance is likely to shake up Sue | |
Synonyms | stimulate, shake, excite, stir | |
Narrower | arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up | stimulate sexually |
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits | |
frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening | |
fuel | stimulate | |
inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt | heighten or intensify | |
tempt, invite | give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting | |
thrill, tickle, vibrate | Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion | |
titillate | excite pleasurably or erotically | |
Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
Spanish | agitar, conmover, emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar | |
Catalan | agitar, commoure, emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar |
Meaning | change the arrangement or position of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | agitate, vex, disturb, commove, stir up, raise up | |
Narrower | beat, scramble | Stir vigorously |
poke | Stir by poking | |
roil, rile | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | |
toss | agitate | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Spanish | agitar, excitar, molestar, remover | |
Catalan | agitar, excitar, molestar, remoure |
Meaning | make fuller by shaking. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | fluff up, plump up | |
Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
Spanish | agitar, ahuecar, inflar, mullir |
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