"beshake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beshakes [present, singular, third-person], beshaking [participle, present], beshook [past], beshaken [participle, past]
Etymology: From be- + shake. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|shake}} be- + shake Head templates: {{en-verb|beshakes|beshaking|beshook|beshaken}} beshake (third-person singular simple present beshakes, present participle beshaking, simple past beshook, past participle beshaken)
  1. (transitive) To shake roughly or violently. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beshake-en-verb-Ehbc68wn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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