Meaning

Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly..

Definitions by Sense

1. Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
2. Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force.
3. Of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation.
4. Of something mined such as coal or ore: broken into pieces.
5. Of timber: damaged from being cracked.
6. Chiefly of a person: having had one's composure or confidence disrupted or upset; in a state of shock or trauma.
7. Weakened by some event.
8. past participle of shake

Example Sentences

[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."

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— […]

A proportion for the ſetting foorth of a ſhip of 200. tunne, for the killing of the VVhale. […] 800. emptie ſhaken hogſheds, […]

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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.

Word Forms

• more shaken
• most shaken
• shaken

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