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shaken
/ˈʃeɪkən/
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What does shaken mean?
adjective
- Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- Of a drink, especially (alcoholic beverages) a cocktail: mixed by being agitated with ice in a shaker.
- Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Of something mined such as coal or ore: broken into pieces.
- Of timber: damaged from being cracked.
- (figuratively) Chiefly of a person: having had one's composure or confidence disrupted or upset; in a state of shock or trauma.
- (figuratively) Weakened by some event.
- (archaic, obsolete) Of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation.
verb
- past participle of shake
noun
- A flat shuriken (“dart or throwing blade”) resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈʃeɪkən/
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Terrified and shaken by the initiatory shock, it had remained in the corner till its voice returned with the pangs of hunger.
The tree is cut down, the stem split up, and the crystalline scales of pure camphor are shaken out on to mats.
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The ship was shaken by heavy bumps, and we were on the alert to see that no dogs had fallen into cracks.
With that, he shook the snuff from his fingers as if he had shaken the dust from his feet, and quietly walked downstairs.
Father Forbes had shaken hands, and moved off up another street some distance, before the voice of the girl recalled Theron to himself.