"shake out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: shakes out [present, singular, third-person], shaking out [participle, present], shook out [past], shaken out [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shake<,,shook,shaken> out}} shake out (third-person singular simple present shakes out, present participle shaking out, simple past shook out, past participle shaken out)
  1. (transitive, also figurative) To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat. Tags: also, figuratively, transitive Translations (to flap a piece of flexible material to remove dirt): изтупвам (iztupvam) (Bulgarian), ausschütteln (German), kopekope (Maori), wytrzepywać [imperfective] (Polish), wytrzepać [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-shake_out-en-verb-rumyYp7d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 23 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 58 24 18 Disambiguation of 'to flap a piece of flexible material to remove dirt': 89 4 7
  2. (nautical, transitive) To unfurl a reef from a sail Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-shake_out-en-verb-KG9T984h Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (idiomatic) To result or transpire. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-shake_out-en-verb-~oBpq9ho

Inflected forms

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