noun Download 🔗Share A sudden, heavy impact. Examples : "The train hit the buffers with a great shock." physics sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation. Examples : "The sudden change in the weather patterns caused a shock in the model predicting crop yields. " theory physics math essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset. Examples : "The disaster shocked the world." emotion mind sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To give an electric shock to. Examples : "The faulty electrical wiring in the classroom shocked the student. " electric technology energy physics device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter. Examples : "The car shock the parked bicycle, sending it tumbling into the street. " action event disaster essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook. Examples : "The farmer carefully arranged the wheat into a neat shock before the rain. " agriculture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. Examples : "The shipping clerk listed the incoming shock of lumber as sixty pieces. " amount commerce essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass. Examples : "His head boasted a shock of sandy hair." appearance nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog. Examples : "My aunt brought a fluffy shock of a dog to the family gathering. " animal essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook. Examples : "to shock rye" agriculture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading