Be+shaken

  • 31shaken — [[t]ʃe͟ɪkən[/t]] Shaken is the past participle of shake …

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  • 32shaken up — be bothered or disturbed I was a little shaken up after I heard about the fire at our new apartment building …

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  • 33shaken — UK [ˈʃeɪkən] / US adjective feeling nervous or frightened because of something that has happened She was still confused and shaken by the day s events …

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  • 34shaken baby syndrome — noun : one or more of a group of symptoms (as limb paralysis, epilepsy, vision loss, or mental retardation) that tend to occur in an infant which has been severely shaken but that may also result from other actions (as tossing) causing internal… …

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  • 35shaken baby syndrome — a usually fatal condition of abused infants brought on by violent shaking by the arms or shoulders that causes severe internal bleeding, esp. around the brain and in the eyes. [1985 1990] * * * …

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  • 36shaken — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unnerved, upset, overcome; see excited …

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  • 37shaken — shak·en || ʃeɪkÉ™n adj. shocked, greatly distressed; agitated, moved back and forth quickly ʃeɪk n. tremor, vibration; jolt, shock; act of moving back and forth quickly; beverage made from milk and ice cream; moment, very short period of… …

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  • 38shaken to the core — totally distraught, deeply disturbed, made extremely anxious …

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  • 39shaken baby syndrome — noun a condition characterized by cranial injury, retinal haemorrhage, etc., observed in infants who have been violently jolted …

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  • 40shaken baby syndrome — shak′en ba′by syn drome n. pat a condition occurring in infants less than one year old, caused by a violent shaking by the arms and shoulders that makes the brain whip back and forth in the skull, causing subdural hematomas and bleeding in the… …

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