shake vs steel

shake

verb
  • To be agitated; to lose firmness. 

  • To give a tremulous tone to; to trill. 

  • To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion. 

  • To dance. 

  • To lose, evade, or get rid of (something). 

  • To threaten to overthrow. 

  • To disturb emotionally; to shock. 

  • To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. 

  • To shake hands. 

  • To move from side to side. 

  • To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval. 

noun
  • A crack or split between the growth rings in wood. 

  • The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion. 

  • A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill. 

  • Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana. 

  • An adulterant added to cocaine powder. 

  • A milkshake. 

  • A fissure in rock or earth. 

  • A shook of staves and headings. 

  • A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc. 

  • A twitch, a spasm, a tremor. 

  • Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.) 

  • One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. 

  • The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. 

  • A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float. 

  • A shock or disturbance. 

  • In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato. 

  • A thin shingle. 

steel

verb
  • To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against. 

  • To cause to resemble steel in appearance. 

  • To steelify; to turn iron into steel. 

  • To edge, cover, or point with steel. 

  • To sharpen with a honing steel. 

  • To press with a flat iron. 

  • To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron. 

adj
  • Made of steel. 

  • Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely. 

  • Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel. 

  • Engraved on steel. 

noun
  • Extreme hardness or resilience. 

  • Varieties of this metal. 

  • The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue. 

  • A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades. 

  • An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. 

  • Armor. 

  • An engraving plate 

  • Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing. 

  • A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. 

  • Projectiles. 

  • Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers. 

  • A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal. 

  • A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus. 

  • A piece used for striking sparks from flint. 

  • A flat iron. 

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