ashake

[ uh-sheyk ]
/ əˈʃeɪk /
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adjective

shaking (usually used predicatively): The very hills were ashake with the violence of the storm.

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Origin of ashake

First recorded in 1855–60; a-1 + shake

Words nearby ashake

ash wednesday, ash-blond, ash-shaytān, asha, ashab, ashake, ashamed, ashanti, ashbery, ashburton, ashby-de-la-zouch
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Words related to ashake

rocky, nervous, insecure, weak, precarious, unstable, wobbly, unsettled, jittery, rickety, unsteady, infirm, jerry-built, rattletrap, shaking, tremulous, unsound, unsure, vacillating, wavering

Example sentences from the Web for ashake

  • He seemed to be in the last extremity of fright, with a face the color of clay and his limbs all ashake as one who hath an ague.

    The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle