adj
Meaning 1
Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
shaken
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪk(ə)n/
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shā′kən
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rhymes with -eɪkən
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːkɛn/
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CMU ARPABET: SH EY1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
Of a drink, especially (alcoholic beverages) a cocktail: mixed by being agitated with ice in a shaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The earthquake led to many shaken buildings and structures.
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adj
Meaning 4
Of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, broadly, obsolete
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adj
Meaning 5
Of something mined such as coal or ore: broken into pieces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: business, mining
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adj
Meaning 6
Of timber: damaged from being cracked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: timber industry
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adj
Meaning 7
Chiefly of a person: having had one's composure or confidence disrupted or upset; in a state of shock or trauma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- We were left shaken by the revelations of abuse.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rattled, shocked, shook
Antonyms: unshaken
adj
Meaning 8
Weakened by some event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Antonyms: unshaken
noun
Meaning 9
A flat shuriken (“dart or throwing blade”) resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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Broader terms: shuriken
verb
Meaning 10
past participle of shake
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- retrieved his named from her jolted memory
- the accident left her badly shaken
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jolted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English (i)shaken, from (i- (prefix forming past participle forms of verbs)) + shaken (“to tremble, shake; etc.”) + -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. By surface analysis, shake (verb) + -n (a variant of -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs; and adjectives)).
Borrowed from Japanese 車剣 (しゃけん, shaken), from 車 (しゃ, sha, “vehicle; wheel”) + 剣 (けん, ken, “sword”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ravistettu — moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly
- Finnish: ravistettu — of a drink: mixed by being agitated with ice in a shaker
- Finnish: järistyksessä vaurioitunut — caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force
- Finnish: osiin purettu — of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation
- Finnish: haljennut — of timber: damaged from being cracked
- Finnish: järkyttynyt — chiefly of a person: having had one’s composure or confidence disrupted or upset
- German: erschüttert — chiefly of a person: having had one’s composure or confidence disrupted or upset
- German: zittrig — chiefly of a person: having had one’s composure or confidence disrupted or upset
- Thai: หวั่นไหว (wàn-wǎi) — chiefly of a person: having had one’s composure or confidence disrupted or upset
- Finnish: shaken — flat shuriken resembling a spiked wheel
- Japanese: 車剣 (shaken) — flat shuriken resembling a spiked wheel