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# shaken

verb form: past participle of shake (shake, shakes, shook, shaken, shaking); adjective (shaken)

«shaken» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) Shaken is a form of "shake": moved quickly up and down or side to side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#m1)
2. (adjective) Shaken means upset, frightened or shocked after something bad has happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#m2)
3. Shaken off can also mean got rid of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in grammar: shake, shook, shaken. In stories: "She was shaken after the accident" shows fear and shock. In science and cooking: a shaken bottle of fizzy drink fizzes over. Phrase: "shaken up".

### Examples

- The bottle has been shaken, so open it slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#x1)
- She was shaken after the near miss with the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#x2)
- The house was shaken by the earthquake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#x3)
- He looked shaken but was not hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#x4)
- Have you shaken the paint tin? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#x5)
- The news left us all shaken up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#x6)
- Oh, how gladly she would have shaken off all this grandeur, and laid aside the heavy wreath! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/#x7)

### Note

Use with have/has/had or be: "has shaken", "was shaken". Simple past is "shook": "He shook the box". Do not write "has shook".

## In Jewish tradition

Often used for the earth, the heavens or the wicked being shaken, to show God's power and judgment. It can also mean being cast off and made weak.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads such shaking as God's might breaking the world's order so that evil is removed and justice appears.

### Examples

- I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust. (Writings PSA.109.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaken/#x1)
- That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? (Writings JOB.38.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaken/#x2)
- Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth. (Prophets 2SA.22.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaken/#x3)

### Note

Use with have/has/had or be: "has shaken", "was shaken". Simple past is "shook": "He shook the box". Do not write "has shook".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shaken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shaken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaken.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «shaken» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaken/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shaken» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shaken.html) on Mova free.