wind-shaken

[wind-shey-kuhn]

adjective

1. affected by windshake.

2. shaken by the wind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind-shaken¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

Its large flat circle acted as a screen for the wavering shadows cast by the wind-shaken oak leaves, while the piece’s own narrow shadows turned its support beams into a vibrating black-and-white drawing.

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And around Christmas I would go up in swamp maples, which, in that part of the South, are the best mistletoe trees, especially if they are very old and wind-shaken and lightning-struck and ringed with woodpecker holes and dead at the top, and gather armfuls of mistletoe and take some of it home and some of it to school.

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XX I dance: I exist in motion: A wind-shaken flower spilling my drops in the sunlight.

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Little trails of it blew up under foot and were lost among the wind-shaken shadows.

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March in Ireland can be a very lovely month, if you like your air rain-washed and your light wind-shaken.

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