shape

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

shapes

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

shape

past (v2)

shaped

past participle (v3)

shaped

present participle

shaping

3rd person singular

shapes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The status or condition of something

   • The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book.

2. 2.Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

   • We exercise to keep in good physical shape.
   • The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.

3. 3.A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.

   • What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?

4. 4.Form; formation.

   • Your head is a funny shape, rather oblong.
   • What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events?
   • A formal feature indicating a pre-Roman origin is word-final i, which is rare in the inherited nominal and adjectival lexicon. On the basis of this we may conclude that ispéli is likely the original shape of this word.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To give influence to.

2. 2.To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

3. 3.To 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.

4. 4.To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

   • Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.

Overall

Common· #1565

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Uncommon

Synonyms

• form