English to English
shock
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adjective (a)
- Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat(noun.act)Example:
The armies met in the shock of battle.
source: wordnet30 - a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body(noun.act)Example:
Subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response.
Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks.
source: wordnet30 - (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor(noun.state)Example:
Loss of blood is an important cause of shock.
source: wordnet30 - an instance of agitation of the earth's crust(noun.event)Example:
The first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch.
source: wordnet30 - an unpleasant or disappointing surprise(noun.event)Example:
It came as a shock to learn that he was injured.
source: wordnet30 - a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field(noun.group)Example:
Corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks.
Whole fields of wheat in shock.
source: wordnet30 - a bushy thick mass (especially hair)(noun.group)Example:
He had an unruly shock of black hair.
source: wordnet30 - a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses(noun.artifact)Example:
The old car needed a new set of shocks.
source: wordnet30 - A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.(noun)source: webster1913
- A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.(noun)source: webster1913
- A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off(verb.emotion)source: wordnet30
- strike with disgust or revulsion(verb.emotion)Example:
The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends.
source: wordnet30 - strike with horror or terror(verb.emotion)Example:
The news of the bombing shocked her.
source: wordnet30 - collide violently(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- collect or gather into shocks(verb.contact)Example:
Shock grain.
source: wordnet30 - subject to electrical shocks(verb.body)source: wordnet30
- To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be occupied with making shocks.(verb)source: webster1913
- To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.(verb)source: webster1913
- To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.(verb)source: webster1913
- To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.(verb)source: webster1913