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Shape

noun
/ʃeɪp/
Word Frequency: 51.4

Definitions

1.nounThe status or condition of something
"The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book."
2.nounCondition of personal health, especially muscular health.
"The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in."
3.nounThe appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.
"He cut a square shape out of the cake."
4.nounForm; formation.
5.noun(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
6.noun(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
7.nounA mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
8.nounIn the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
9.verbTo create or make.
"Earth was shapen by God for God's folk."
10.verbTo give something a shape and definition.
"Shape the dough into a pretzel.   For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl."
11.verbTo form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
12.verb(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
13.verbTo suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
14.verbTo imagine; to conceive.

Synonyms

formmolddeterminepatternembodimentinfluenceframeconfigurationbuildregulateconditionbod

Rhymes With

gapeescapedrapescraperapeagapescapegrape
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