shaken

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪk(ə)n/ / /ˈʃeɪkən/ / /ˈʃɑːkɛn/ / /ˈʃɑkɛn/

adj

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)).

Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
“[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."”
Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
“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.”
Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force.
“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— […]”
Of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation.
“A proportion for the ſetting foorth of a ſhip of 200. tunne, for the killing of the VVhale. […] 800. emptie ſhaken hogſheds, […]”
Of something mined such as coal or ore: broken into pieces.
Of timber: damaged from being cracked.
“[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; […]”
Chiefly of a person: having had one's composure or confidence disrupted or upset; in a state of shock or trauma.
“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.”
Weakened by some event.
“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.”

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 車剣 (しゃけん, shaken), from 車 (しゃ, sha, “vehicle; wheel”) + 剣 (けん, ken, “sword”).

A flat shuriken (“dart or throwing blade”) resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.

verb

past participle of shake