shaken
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
engineering
government
military
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
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)).
Inflected forms:
form: more shaken
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most shaken
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: shaken
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
pos: adj
examples: [A] chief, / With shout and shaken spear / Stands at the prow, and guides them: […]
For the moment she felt like a shaken child—shaken out of its wailings into awe, and she said humbly—"I will try. I will think."
gloss: Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
pos: adj
examples: The waiter brought the Martinis, shaken and not stirred, as [James] Bond had stipulated, and some slivers of lemon peel in a wine glass. Bond twisted two of them and let them sink to the bottom of his drink.
gloss: Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force.
pos: adj
examples: The earthquake led to many shaken buildings and structures.
The trunks [of trees] are crushed and shattered / By the fierce blast's unconquerable stress. / […] / And through the ruins of the shaken mountain / The airs hiss and howl— […]
gloss: Of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
broadly
obsolete
examples: A proportion for the ſetting foorth of a ſhip of 200. tunne, for the killing of the VVhale. […] 800. emptie ſhaken hogſheds, […]
gloss: Of something mined such as coal or ore: broken into pieces.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
gloss: Of timber: damaged from being cracked.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: [Y]ou muſt chuſe a piece of VVood at leaſt tvvo Inches and a quarter over, leſt you vvant Stuff to vvork on: Nay, if your Stuff prove ſhaken or othervviſe unſound, or your Centers be not very exactly pitcht, you may vvant yet more Stuff; […]
gloss: Chiefly of a person: having had one's composure or confidence disrupted or upset; in a state of shock or trauma.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: We were left shaken by the revelations of abuse.
My mother is tolerably well, I trust; though her spirits are greatly shaken. She is up stairs and will have great satisfaction in seeing you all. She does not yet leave her dressing-room.
The truth left many people shaken. They were shocked to realize that they'd been lied to about so many things. The Soviets began to reflect on what they understood about the history of the Communist Party. Five million out of the 19 million Party members publicly quit the CPSU [Communist Party of the Soviet Union] before its collapse.
gloss: Weakened by some event.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Be mov'd vvith pitty at the afflicted ſtate of this our ſhaken Monarchy, that novv lies labouring under the throvves, and ſtruggling againſt the grudges of more dreaded Calamities.
gloss: A flat shuriken (“dart or throwing blade”) resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.
pos: noun
Derived words: overshaken
shaken baby syndrome
shakenly
shakenness
unshaken
windshaken
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: ravistettu