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English to English adjective
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intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system |  | Example: a shakedown cruise
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initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state | | Example: the new industry's economic shakedown
source: wordnet30
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a very thorough search of a person or a place | | Example: a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs
source: wordnet30
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extortion of money (as by blackmail) | | source: wordnet30
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A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. | | source: webster1913
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