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Definition: Shaker |
ShakerNoun1. A person who wields power and influence; "movers and shakers in the business world"; "a shaker of traditional beliefs"; "a mover of mountains". 2. A member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world. 3. A container in which something can be shaken. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shaker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | An electromagnetic device capable of imparting known vibratory acceleration to a given object. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Instrument or sensor for either recording or indicating mechanical vibration, either remote from crew of too high a frequency to be obvious, especially emiting from turbine engines. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A mechanically vibrated screen through which a returning drill fluid is passed to screen out larger chips, fragments, and drill cuttings before the drill fluid flows into the sump. Syn:shale screen; shale shaker. (references) |
Occupations | Shakes out, aligns, and folds surgical hose following wet processing to prepare hose for wrinkle-free drying in hot house: Empties bag of hose on worktable, unrolls bundle of hose, and extends hose on worktable. Pulls and aligns heels, toes, and toe openings of hose, and lifts, extends, and smooths hose to dewrinkle and flatten edges and folds of hose legs. Lifts and shakes hose of specified styles, and slaps thigh pouches of hose against front edge of worktable to dewrinkle hose. Turns and straightens elastic welts inserted during bundling, bagging, or wet processing. Opens and flattens panel seams to prepare hose for drying in conformity with quality standards. Stacks specified quantity of hose on storage tray, and completes and attaches work ticket to tray. Shakes, aligns, and folds leotards to prevent setting of wrinkles. Stores irregular hose or panty hose in specified storage areas. Inspects, mends, or pairs hose or panty hose, following processing specifications. (references) |
| Tends shaker that removes sawdust from fur pelts that have been tumbled with sawdust in skin-softening drum: Places pelts in wire-mesh cylinder of shaker and starts machine. Removes skins after specified time or when sawdust has been removed and piles skins for processing of fur into felt hats. (references) | |
| Shakes hands of cured tobacco to separate, straighten, and expose leaves to air and remove dirt. Places loosened tobacco on table or conveyor for further processing. May be designated according to type of leaf processed as Frog Shaker (tobacco); Wrapper Opener (tobacco). (references) | |
Personal Care & Hotels | A ustensile in which the ingredients of a mixed drink are prepared by shaking or stirring. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Contenant dans lequel on met la poudre pour bébé. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The name Shakers, and the variant, Shaking Quakers, originally pejorative, was applied in the early 18th century to a Manchester offshoot of the English Quakers (the Society of Friends) as a mocking description of their rituals of trembling, shouting, dancing, shaking and glossolalia (speaking in unknown languages).
Wardley predecessors
The Shakers originally derived from a small branch of English Quakers who had adopted some of the doctrines of worship followed by the French Prophets, or Camisards, of Vivarais and Dauphiné. Under the leadership of James and Ann Wardley, husband and wife, the group became known for their intense, ecstatic worship. The Wardleys' followers, when "wrestling in soul to be freed from the power of sin and a worldly life," writhed and trembled, purportedly under the influence of the Holy Spirit, so that they won the name Shakers; their trances and visions, their jumping and dancing, were like those of many other sects, such as the Low Countries dancers of the 14th and 15th centuries, the French Convulsionnaires of 1720-1770, or the Welsh Methodist Jumpers.
The original and proper name of the group is the United Society of Believers In Christ’s Second Appearing, but followers quickly adopted the derogatory nickname, Shaking Quakers, which had been given to them by their many detractors.
"Mother Ann" Lee
Under the leadership of Ann Lee, beginning in 1772, the rejection of marriage, and their work ethic for which they have ever since been known, began to typify the movement. She joined the Wardleys in 1758.
Ann Lee was born on February 29, 1736, the daughter of a blacksmith, in Manchester, England, and died on September 8, 1784 in Watervliet, New York, U.S.. Although a believer in celibacy, she had at her parents' urging married Abraham Stanley (Standley, or Standerin), and bore him four children, all of whom died in infancy. She was miserable in marriage, and by 1770 had begun to insist that the institution was not compatible with the kingdom of God. Like others in the Quaker tradition, she believed in and taught her followers that it is possible to attain perfect holiness. Like her predecessors the Wardleys, she taught that the demonstrations of shaking and trembling were caused by sin being purged from the body by the power of the Holy Spirit, purifying the worshipper. Distinctively, the followers of Mother Ann came to believe that she embodied all the perfections of God in female form.
She rose to prominence in the movement through her dramatic urging of the Believers to preach more publicly concerning the imminent second coming, and to attack sin more boldly and unconventionally. She spoke of visions and messages from God, claiming that she had received from God the message that celibacy and confession of sin are the only true road to salvation, the only way in which the Kingdom of God could be established on the earth. She was frequently imprisoned for breaking the Sabbath by dancing and shouting, and for blasphemy. She had many "miraculous" escapes from death. Once, according to her story, being examined by four clergymen of the Established Church, she spoke to them for four hours in seventy-two tongues.
While in prison in Manchester for fourteen days, she said she had a revelation that "a complete cross against the lusts of generation, added to a full and explicit confession, before witnesses, of all the sins committed under its influence, was the only possible remedy and means of salvation." After this, probably in 1770, she was chosen by the society as "Mother in spiritual things" and called herself "Ann, the Word" and also "Mother Ann." After released from prison a second time, witnesses say Mother Ann performed a number of miracles, including healing the sick by merely touching them.
In 1774 a revelation bade her take a select band to America. She was accompanied by her husband, who soon afterwards deserted her. Also following her to America, was her brother, William Lee (1740-1784); Nancy Lee, her niece; James Whittaker (1751-1787), who had been brought up by Mother Ann and was probably related to her; John Hocknell (1723-1799), who provided the funds for the trip; his son, Richard; and James Shepherd and Mary Partington. Mother Ann arrived on August 6, 1774 in New York City. Here they stayed for nearly two years. In 1776 Hocknell bought land at Niskayuna, in the township of Watervliet, near Albany, and, the Shakers settled there, where a unique community life began to develop and thrive.
First Shaker society
The village was divided into groups or "families" that were named for points on the compass rose. Each house was divided so that men and women did everything separately. They used different staircases, doors and even sat on opposite sides of the room. The men and women segregated to prevent them from touching one another during the epileptic-like fits that they fell into during worship. The elders would watch over them through the windows, to make sure no physical contact happened.
A spiritualistic revival in the neighboring town of New Lebanon sent many penitents to Watervliet, who accepted Mother Ann's teachings and organized in 1787 (before any formal organization in Watervliet) the New Lebanon Society, the first Shaker Society, at New Lebanon (since 1861 called Mt. Lebanon), Columbia county, New York. The Society at Watervliet, organized immediately afterwards, and the New Lebanon Society formed a bishopric. The Watervliet members, as pacifists and non-jurors, had got into trouble during the American War of Independence; in 1780 the Board of Elders were imprisoned, but all except Mother Ann were speedily set free, and she was released in 1781.
Communism under Joseph Meacham
In 1781-1783 the Mother with chosen elders visited her followers in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. She died in Watervliet on September 8, 1784. James Whittaker was head of the Believers for three years. On his death he was succeeded by Joseph Meacham (1742-1796), who had been a Baptist minister in Enfield, Connecticut, and had, second only to Mother Ann, the spiritual gift of revelation. Under his rule and that of Lucy Wright (1760-1821), who shared the headship with him during his lifetime and then for twenty-five years ruled alone, the organization of the Shakers and, particularly, a rigid communism, began. By 1793 property had been made a "consecrated whole" in the different communities, but a "noncommunal order" also had been established, in which sympathizers with the principles of the Believers lived in families. The Shakers never forbade marriage, but refused to recognize it as a Christian institution since the second coming in the person of Mother Ann, and considered it less perfect than the celibate state. Shaker communities in this period were established in 1790 at Hancock, West Pittsfield, Mass.; in 1791 at Harvard, Mass.; in 1792 at East Canterbury (or Shaker Village), New Hampshire; and in 1793 at Shirley, Mass.; at Enfield (or Shaker Station), Connecticut; at Tyringham, Mass., where the Society was afterwards abandoned, its members joining the communities in Hancock and Enfield; at Gloucester (since 1890, Sabbath-day Lake), Maine; and at Alfred, Maine, where, more than anywhere else among the Shakers, spiritualistic healing of the sick was practised. In Kentucky and Ohio Shakerism entered after the Kentucky revival of 1800-1801, and in 1805-1807 Shaker societies were founded at South Union, Logan county, and Pleasant Hill, Mercer county, Kentucky.
Expansion
A prominent part in this revival had been taken by Richard McNemar, a Presbyterian, who had broken with his Church because of his Arminian tendencies and had established the quasi-independent Turtle Creek Church. McNemar was won by Shaker missionaries in 1805, and many of his parishioners joined him to form the Union Village Community on the site of the old Turtle Creek, 4 miles west of Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio. McNemar was a favourite of Lucy Wright, who gave him the spiritual name Eleazer Riotht, which he changed to Eleazer Wright; he wrote The Kentucky Revival (Cincinnati, 1807), probably the earliest defence of Shakerism, and a poem, entitled A Concise Answer to the General Inquiry Who or What are the Shakers (1808).
In 1811 a community settled at Busro on the Wabash in Indiana; but it was soon abandoned and its members went to Ohio and to Kentucky. In Ohio later communities were formed at Watervliet, Hamilton county, and at Whitewater, Dayton county. In 1828 the communal property at Sodus Bay, New York, was sold and the community removed to Groveland, or Sonyea; their land here was sold to the state and the few remaining members went to Watervliet. A short-lived community at Canaan, New York, was merged in the Mount Lebanon, New York and Enfield, Connecticut communities. The peak was probably reached between 1830 and 1850 at about 6000 members. The numerical strength of the sect decreased rapidly, probably from 4000 to 1000 in 1887-1908; and there has been little effort made to plant new communities. The Mt. Lebanon Society in 1894 established a colony at Narcoossee, Florida; the attempt of the Union Village Society in 1898 to plant a settlement at White Oak, Camden county, Georgia, was unsuccessful. In 1910 the Union Village Society went into the hands of a receiver.
Eventually the Shakers had eighteen major communities in eight states and six smaller communities in Florida and Indiana. At its peak in 1850, the Shakers had close to 6,000 members.
Communal spiritual family
The Shakers did not believe in procreation so therefore had to adopt a child if they wanted one. Another way they could expand their community's population was to allow converts into the Shaker society to live and function as one. When Shaker boys reached the age of twenty-one they were given a choice to either leave the Shaker religion and go their own separate way or to continue on as a Shaker. The Shakers lived in "families" sharing a large house with separate entrances for each family within the "family"; thus the families were exclusively male, or female - the sexes were segregated into separate living areas.
Men and women reputedly exchanged sexual partners frequently within the community, while breaking up all exclusive romantic attachments, which were described as "social love", antisocial behavior threatening communal order. The Shakers struggled with complex human problems that have no simple answers, and they managed to set up and sustain a distinctive way of life with much appeal for more than two hundred years.
Revelations and visions
A peculiar, intense kind of spirituality began to develop under this unique arrangement. A period of spiritual manifestations among the Believers began in 1837 and lasted through 1847. Children told of visits to cities in the spirit realm and brought messages to the community which they received from Mother Ann. In 1838 the gift of tongues was manifested and sacred places were set aside in each community, with names like Holy Mount; but in 1847 the spirits, after warning, left the Believers. The theology of the denomination is based on the idea of the dualism of God: the creation of man as male and female "in our image" showing the bi-sexuality of the Creator; in Jesus, born of a woman, the son of a Jewish carpenter, were the male manifestation of Christ and the first Christian Church; and in Mother Ann, daughter of an English blacksmith, were the female manifestation of Christ and the second Christian Church - she was the Bride ready for the Bridegroom, and in her the promises of the Second Coming were fulfilled. Adam's sin was in sexual impurity; marriage is done away with in the body of the Believers in the Second Appearance, who must pattern after the Kingdom in which there is no marriage or giving in marriage. The four virtues are virgin purity; Christian communism; confession of sin, without which none can become Believers; and separation from the world. The Shakers do not believe in the divinity or deity of Jesus, or in the resurrection of the body. Their insistence on the bi-sexuality of God and their reverence for Mother Ann have made them advocates of sex equality. Their spiritual directors are elders and "eldresses," and their temporal guides are deacons and deaconesses in equal numbers.
Culture of work
The prescribed uniform costume with woman's neckerchief and cap, and the custom of men wearing their hair long on the neck and cut in a straight bang on the forehead, still persist; but the women wear different colors. The communism of the Believers was an economic success, and their cleanliness, honesty and frugality received the highest praise. They made leather in New York for several years, but in selling herbs and garden seeds, in making "apple-sauce" (at Shirley), in weaving linen (at Alfred), and in knitting underwear they did better work.
The Shakers worshiped in meetinghouses that were painted white and unadorned. It was that way because they considered shutters and carvings to be worldly things. Shakers were known for an exquisite style of furniture that was plain, durable, and functional. A Shaker chair would take weeks to make because only one craftsman made it and put a great deal of effort into making sure every joint, corner and leg were correctly in place. Because of this craftsmanship, Shaker furniture is costly. One Shaker chair sold for $500,000. The Shakers believed in the value of hard work and kept comfortably busy. Each member learned a craft and did chores. Mother Ann said, " Labor to make the way of God your own; let it be your inheritance, your treasure, your occupation, your daily calling."
- "Do your work as though you had a thousand years to live and as if you were to die tomorrow."
- "Put your hands to work, and your heart to God."
Shakers worshipped in plain meetinghouses where they marched around, sang songs, danced, twitched and shouted. Many outsiders who witnessed Shaker worship services thought that they were heretics and protested in front of their places of worship. Mother Ann was arrested several times for disturbing the peace. Early Shaker worship services were unstructured, loud, chaotic and emotional. However, later on, Shakers developed precision dances and orderly rituals. The Shakers have also authored thousands of religious songs.
Distinguished craftsmen
One of the major attributes of the shakers was to build. They have a collection of furniture and utensils outside of Pittsfield,Mass., famous for its elegance and practicality. Shakers were very dedicated to hard work and leading lives of perfection. They contributed to U.S. culture through their architecture, furniture, and handicraft styles. Shakers designed their furniture with care, believing that making something well was in itself, "an act of prayer". They never fashioned items with elaborate details or extra decorations, but only made things for their intended uses. Shaker craftsmen made most things out of pine or other inexpensive woods. This shows that Shakers relied on their own skills and natural resources to provide for their families. The Shakers produced their own foods and furniture, and got income from purchased land. Although it seems as though the Shakers were very limited in what they were allowed to do, they were able to express their creativity through inventions. Shakers invented many practical tools we use today, such as the circular buzz saw, washing machine, metal pen point, clothespin, and flat broom. All of these were made for simply helping the people to do their work. There is a a museum (founded by the Canterbury Shakers) to preserve the Shaker history, since there are few, if any, left living today.
Shakers won respect and admiration for their productive farms and orderly communities. Their industry brought about many inventions like the screw propeller, Babbitt metal, the rotary harrow, the circular saw, and the clothespin. They were once the largest producers of medicinal herbs in the United States. Shaker dances and songs are a main, but unknown, aspect of folk art and the simple, honest architecture of their homes, meeting houses, and barns have had a long lasting influence on American architecture and design.
Shaker ways influenced many people to write books and adopt ways of life from Shakers. Kaare Klint, an architect and famous furniture designer, used styles from Shaker furniture in his work. Another example is Doris Humphrey, an innovator in technique, choreography, and theory of dance movement. She made a full theatrical art with her dance entitled Dance of The Chosen Ones in which the nature of the Shakers’ religious fervor was depicted.
Modern-day Shakers
Are there still Shakers today? Yes, there are a few devoted followers who live in New England today in the Sabbathday Lake community in Maine. Membership dwindled in the late 1800s for several reasons. People were attracted to cities and away from the farms. Shaker products couldn't compete with mass-produced products that became available at a much lower cost. Shakers couldn't have children, and although they adopted children, this was not a major source of new members. Some Shaker settlements, such as Pleasant Hill community in Kentucky, have become museums that you can visit today.
Believers have continually looked at the story of Ann Lee as a cornerstone of the theological architecture that has distinguished their church from other American religious groups. Shaker theology, its manifestation in material artifacts such as furniture and oval boxes, and the Ann Lee story have continually drawn the attention of outsiders either fascinated by or repulsed by them.
Although, there were six thousand believers at the peak of the Shaker growth, there were only 12 Shakers left by 1920. There is one active Shaker community in the United States today, at Sabbathday Lake, Maine. After 1964, no new members were accepted into the sect, and by the 1980s, only a few aged sisters remained at the Sabbathday Lake community. The Sabbathday Lake community, founded in 1783, was one of the smaller and more isolated Shaker communities during the sect's heyday. They farm and practice a variety of handicrafts; a Shaker Museum, and Sunday services, are open to visitors. Now Mother Ann day is celebrated on the first sunday of August. The people sing and dance and a Mother Ann cake is presented. One of Mother Ann's predictions states that there will be a revival when there are only five Shakers left. Only time will tell if prediction will come true.
The daily schedule of a Shaker in Sabbathday Lake Village is as follows: The day will begin for many at 7:30 a.m, the Great Bell on Dwelling House rings calling every one to breakfast. At 8:00 a.m Morning Prayers will start. They may read two Psalms and then read from the Bible. This will be followed by Prayer, silent prayer and this will end with the singing of the Shanker song. Work for the Shakers begins at 8:30. Work is interupted at 11:30 for Mid-day prayers. "Dinner" begins at 12:00. This is the main meal fro the shakers. Work will continue at 1:00 p.m At 6:00 it is supper time, the last meal of the day. On Wednesdays at 5:00 they hold a prayer meeting which is followed by a Shakers Studies class.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Shakers."
Synonym: ShakerSynonym: mover (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Heterodoxy | Protestant; Huguenot; orthodox dissenter, Congregationalist, Independent; Episcopalian, Presbyterian; Lutheran, Calvinist, Methodist, Wesleyan; Ana, Baptist; Mormon, Latter-day Saint, Irvingite, Sandemanian, Glassite, Erastian; Sublapsarian, Supralapsarian; Gentoo, Antinomian, Swedenborgian; Adventist, Bible Christian, Bryanite, Brownian, Christian Scientist, Dunker, Ebionite, Eusebian; Faith Curer, Curist; Familist, Jovinianist, Libadist, Quaker, Shaker, Stundist, Tunker; ultramontane; Anglican, Oxford School; tractarian, Puseyite, ritualist; Puritan. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Shaker, Shaker, undertaker (The Caveman's Valentine; writing credit: George Dawes Green) What on Earth has you guzzling Martimmys at this time of day - and out of a shaker no less (Passions; writing credit: Jean Chapot; Nelly Kaplan) | |
Lyrics | Searching for my lost shaker of salt (Margaritaville; performing artist: JIMMY BUFFET) Heart breaker, soul shaker (Hair Of The Dog; performing artist: Nazareth) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) Shaker Run (1985) | |
Song Titles | Rump Shaker (performing artist: Wreckx-N-Effect) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Building shaker in the doorway of a building Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Ground shaker at Position "A" Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Shaker Extract of Roots : Cures Dyspepsia. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Shaker Soothing Plasters : Good For Backache. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Five scenes from a Shaker colony illustrating the production of herb cakes. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Main St., Shaker Village, Pittsfield [i.e. Hancock], Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Shaker mills, Pittsfield [i.e. Hancock], Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ben Bow chromite mill, Stillwater County, Montana. Vibratory shaker used in processing chrome ore. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights. Exterior of Plymouth Church. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Shaker Heights, Ohio. Exterior of apartment building in Shaker Heights. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Rhythmic bass line and shaker for an active guitar solo. | | Muted guitar with synthesized flutes and shaker percussion. . |
| An uptempo montuno with jazz guitar, shaker, bass, and piano. | | Shaker snap; percussion snap. |
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| "Shaker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.10% of the time. "Shaker" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.1% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.9% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "shaker" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Shaker | Last name | 130 | 67,971 |
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Expressions using "shaker": bone shaker ♦ cocktail shaker ♦ cocktail shaker sort ♦ hairy shaker disease ♦ pepper shaker ♦ salt shaker ♦ Shaker Church ♦ Shaker Heights ♦ shaker sort ♦ stick shaker. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "shaker": shaker-style. | |
Ending with "shaker": bone-shaker, cock-shaker, earth-shaker, ground-shaker, hair-shaker, sugar-shaker. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
shaker | 370 | hancock shaker village | 36 |
salt and pepper shaker | 348 | planet shaker | 33 |
shaker furniture | 320 | fadel shaker | 33 |
battle heights shaker | 196 | shaker workshop | 32 |
cocktail shaker | 145 | aura bass shaker | 30 |
kula shaker | 94 | shaker table | 28 |
rump shaker | 83 | shaker style furniture | 27 |
martini shaker | 80 | shaker high school | 27 |
shaker village | 78 | booty shaker | 26 |
movie shaker | 73 | canterbury shaker village | 25 |
paint shaker | 64 | shaker test | 25 |
salt shaker | 57 | hills shaker | 25 |
shaker heights | 52 | shaker testing | 24 |
antique salt and pepper shaker | 44 | shaker vodka | 24 |
hood shaker | 44 | shaker religion | 23 |
shaker box | 44 | legendary shack shaker | 22 |
new shaker york | 41 | box oval shaker | 21 |
bass shaker | 37 | kentucky shaker village | 21 |
hani shaker | 37 | fantastic shaker | 21 |
shaker heights ohio | 36 | bed shaker | 19 |
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| Language | Translations for "shaker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përzierës pijesh. (various references) | |
Arabic | الهزاز, الرجاجة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съд за приготвяне на коктейл, вибрационно сито, дърмон. (various references) | |
Chinese | 振动器 (Shakers). (various references) | |
Czech | kdo se třese. (various references) | |
Danish | vibrerende sorterebånd (shaking table), vibrator (timer, trembler, vibrator), ryster (straw rack, straw walker), rystemaskine, rystebord (bumping table, shaking table, slime-concentrating table, tapping table, vibrating table), rysteanordning (shaking device), poudreuse. (various references) | |
Dutch | stuurschudder (vibration facility, vibration generator, vibration indicator, vibrator), schudtoestel, schudtafel (bumping table, shaking table, slime-concentrating table, vibrating table), schud-en trilmachine, schudderzeef (straw rack, straw walker), schudder (shaking device), schudbeker, schudapparatuur, poederbus, kloptafel (tapping table), elektrodynamische triller (vibration facility, vibration generator, vibration indicator). (various references) | |
Farsi | ماشین تکان دهنده , لرزاننده , تکان دهنده (Jolter, Mover), ادم مزورولاف زدن , ادم ولگردواواره . (various references) | |
Finnish | ravistin (shaking device). (various references) | |
French | shaker. (various references) | |
German | Mixbecher (shakers), shaker (vibration facility, vibration generator, vibration indicator). (various references) | |
Greek | πουδριέρα (compact, puff box), δονούμενο τραπέζι (shaking table, vibrating table), δονητής (timer, trembler, vibrator), δονητήσ (vibrator), διάταξη τινάγματος (shaking device, straw rack, straw walker), τινάσσων (shocker), τραπέζι δονήσεων (shaking table), αλατοδοχείο, δοχείο ταλκ, επιτραπέζιος κτυπητήρας (tapping table), κραδαινόμενο δοχείο (vibration generator, vibrator), πιπεροδοχείο (pepper shaker), μηχάνημα κραδασμών, σείων (waver), συσκευή παραγωγής κραδασμών (vibration generator, vibrator), σέικερ, σύστημα παραγωγής κραδασμών (vibration facility, vibration generator, vibration indicator), σέϊκερ, κτυπητήρας (beater), αναταράκτης (shaking device). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבזקת (caster, dredger), מטרף (cream whipper, egg beater), מ ע ע (key). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rázó (jigging, jogging). (various references) | |
Italian | shaker, scuotitore (shaking device, straw rack, straw walker), scuotipaglia (straw rack, straw walker), sbattitrice (beater, whipping machine), saliera (Castor, salt shaker, saltcellar), vibratore (buzzer), tavola di vibrazione, tavola di scuotimento (shaking table), dispositivo di vibrazione (vibration facility, vibration generator, vibration indicator), dispositiva di scuotimento (shaking device), contenitore per borotalco, battitrice a tavola (tapping table). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | シアン化物 (Caesar, cyanide, schema, scheme, shade, shading, shake, shake hands, shale oil, shape-up, share, shared, shareware, sharing, shaver, shaving, shaving cream, shaving foam, shaving lotion, sheik dollar). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | シェーカー . (various references) | |
Korean | 셰이커 (Shakers). (various references) | |
Manx | skahder (shedder), crieder, craader (dice box, quaker, trembler, vibrator, wobbler). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | akershay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sacudidor (shaking device, straw rack, straw walker). (various references) | |
Romanian | bicicletã fãrã cauciucuri (bone shaker). (various references) | |
Russian | шейкер. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mućkalica (beater), šejker. (various references) | |
Spanish | sacudidor (beater, duster), vibrador (buzzer, vibrator), polvera (compact, powder box, powder compact), mesa vibratoria (base, platen, shaking table, vibration table), mesa batidora (tapping table), máquina vibradora, instalación de vibración (vibration facility, vibration generator, vibration indicator), dispositivo de sacudida (shaking device), criba vibradora. (various references) | |
Swedish | blandare (blender, mixer). (various references) | |
Turkish | shaker, tuzluk (caster, Castor, salt, salt cellar), kokteyl karıştırma kabı, biberlik (caster, Castor, pepperbox, pepper-castor), amerikada bir tarikatın üyesi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шейкер, вібраційний грохот. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người rung, người lắc bình trộn rượu côctay. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 14, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi idonteV se qaumasousin epi soi kai erousin outoV o anqrwpoV o paroxunwn thn ghn seiwn basileiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui te viderint ad te inclinabuntur teque prospicient numquid iste est vir qui conturbavit terram qui concussit regna |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That thee shul see, to thee shul be bowid, and thee shuln aferr bihold. Whether this is the man, that disturbide the erthe, that smot togidere rewmes? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 14, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Sila nga managpakakita kanimo managtutok kanimo ug managsusi kanimo nga manag-ingon: Kini ba ang tawo nga nakapakurog sa yuta, nga nagauyog sa mga gingharian; |
| Chinese | 凡 看 見 的 、 都 要 定 睛 看 、 留 意 看 、 說 、 使 大 地 戰 抖 、 使 列 國 震 動 、 |
| Croatian | Koji te vide, motre te i o tebi razmišljaju: "Je li to èovjek koji je zemljom tresao i drmao kraljevstvima, |
| Danish | Ser man dig, stirrer man på dig med undrende Blikke: "Er det ham, som fik Jorden til at bæve, Riger til at skælve, |
| Dutch | Die u zien zullen, zullen u aanschouwen, zij zullen op u letten, en zeggen: Is dat die man, die de aarde beroerde, die de koninkrijken deed beven? |
| Finnish | Jotka sinut näkevät, ne katsovat pitkään, tarkastavat sinua: `Onko tämä se mies, joka järisytti maan, järkytti valtakunnat, |
| French | Ceux qui te voient fixent sur toi leurs regards, Ils te considèrent attentivement: Est-ce l cet homme qui faisait trembler la terre, Qui ébranlait les royaumes, |
| German | Wer dich sieht, wird dich schauen und betrachten und sagen: "Ist das der Mann, der die Erde zittern und die Königreiche beben machte? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka yang berada di situ akan memandang dan menatap engkau. Mereka akan bertanya, 'Inikah orangnya yang menggentarkan bumi dan menggemparkan kerajaan-kerajaan? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang yang melihat engkau itu memandang kepadamu dan mengamat-amati akan dikau, sambil katanya: Inikah dia, yang sudah mengharu-birukan seisi dunia dan yang sudah menggentarkan segala kerajaan? |
| Italian | Quanti ti vedono ti guardano fisso, ti osservano attentamente. E' questo l'individuo che sconvolgeva la terra, che faceva tremare i regni, |
| Maori | Ko te hunga e kite i a koe, matatau tonu ta ratou titiro ki a koe, me ta ratou ata whakaaroaro ano, Ko te tangata ianei tenei i wiri ai te whenua, i ngaueue ai nga rangatiratanga; |
| Norwegian | De som ser dig, skal stirre på dig, undres over dig og si: Er dette den mann som fikk jorden til å beve, kongeriker til å skjelve, |
| Portuguese | Os que te virem te contemplarão, considerar-te-ão, e dirão: É este o varão que fazia estremecer a terra, e que fazia tremer os reinos? |
| Rumanian | Cei ce te vqd se uitq yintq mirayi la tine, te privesc cu luare aminte wi zic: ,Acesta este omul care fqcea sq se cutremure pqmkntul, wi zguduia kmpqrqyiile, |
| Russian | чЙ"СЭЙЕ ФЕ'С ЧУНБФТЙЧБАФУС Ч ФЕ'С, ТБЪНЩЫМСАФ П ФЕ'Е: `ФПФ МЙ ЬФП ЮЕМПЧЕЛ, ЛПФПТЩК ЛПМЕ'БМ ЪЕНМА, ПФТСУБМ "БТУФЧБ, |
| Spanish | Los que te vean te contemplarán; reflexionarán ante ti diciendo: '¿Es éste aquel hombre que hacía temblar la tierra, que sacudía los reinos, |
| Swedish | De som se dig stirra på dig, de betrakta dig och säga: 'Är detta den man som kom jorden att darra och riken att bäva, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shaker": shakers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "shaker": earthshaker, saltshaker. (additional references) | |
Words containing "shaker": earthshakers, saltshakers. (additional references) | |
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"Shaker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chakari, Chhakuri, haker, Sakir, Schacher, Schwake, shace, shacel, shader, shaer, shaka, shakar, shaked, shakel, shakey, shakih, shakir, shakker, Shaktee, shaler, Shalke, Shameer, Shankara, shanke, shapka, Sheka, shikara, shikari, Shoka, Shoukeir, Shuke, Shukir, Shukr, slaker, smaker, staker, whaker. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shaker" (pronounced shā"ker) |
| 3 | -ā" k er | acre, Baker, breaker, faker, Laker, maker, quaker, raker, Saker, taker. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kasher. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-k-r-s" | |
-1 letter: asker, eskar, hakes, hares, harks, hears, rakes, rheas, saker, shake, share, shark, shear. | |
-2 letters: ares, arks, arse, ears, eras, haes, hake, hare, hark, hear, hers, kaes, keas, rake, rase, rash, resh, rhea, sake, sark, sear, sera, shea. | |
-3 letters: are, ark, ars, ash, ask, ear, era, ers, hae, has, her, hes, kae, kas, kea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-k-r-s" | |
+1 letter: hackers, hankers, harkens, hawkers, kashers, shakers, shakier, sharked, sharker. | |
+2 letters: freakish, hacklers, hauberks, hearkens, hektares, kashered, rashlike, redshank, shackler, sharkers, shikaree, thankers, whackers. | |
+3 letters: airchecks, archdukes, dakerhens, foreshank, hankerers, harkeners, hatmakers, haversack, havockers, haymakers, headworks, heartsick, hijackers, horseback, kashering, katharses, kurbashed, kurbashes, lakeshore, packhorse, preshrank, rakehells, reaphooks, redshanks, shacklers, sharklike, sheldrake, shikarees, shikarred, shoemaker, shortcake, shrinkage, thwackers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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