shake hands
To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etcTo grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.
» Let's shake hands and be friends.
Lass uns die Hand reichen und Freunde sein. — mauersegler
Давай пожмём руки и будем друзьями. — JeNNeR
Давайте пожмём руки и будем друзьями. — paul_lingvo
Давай потиснемо руки і будемо друзями. — deniko
Потиснімо руки й будьмо друзями. — deniko
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Examples
68 sentencesLet's shake hands and be friends.
Давай потиснемо руки і будемо друзями. — deniko
ruДавай пожмём руки и будем друзьями. — JeNNeR
deLass uns die Hand reichen und Freunde sein. — mauersegler
I don't shake hands.
Я руки не тисну. — deniko
ruЯ руки не жму. — Inego
Shake hands with Tom.
Потисніть руку Тому. — deniko
ruПожми Тому руку. — marafon
Meaning
2 sensesTo grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.
Hände schütteln
пожима́ть ру́куpožimátʹ rúku, пожа́ть ру́куpožátʹ rúku
поти́скувати ру́куpotýskuvaty rúku, поти́снути ру́куpotýsnuty rúku
(figuratively)To part, to say farewell.
- take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
Forms
shakes hands, shaking hands, shook hands, shaken handsirregular · Lesson
| Base form | shake hands · to shake hands |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shakes hands |
| Present participle | shaking hands |
| Past simple | shook hands |
| Past participle | shaken hands |
Tenses
shake hands · shook hands · will shake hands · have shaken handsPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.