Shape

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour: synonym: form.
  • noun. Spatial form, contour, or appearance.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal.
  • noun. The contour of a person's body; the figure.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A definite or distinctive form.
  • noun. Form, condition, or embodiment.
  • noun. A desirable form.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Assumed or false appearance; guise.
  • noun. A ghostly form; a phantom.
  • noun. Something, such as a mold or pattern, used to give or determine form.
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  • noun. The condition of something with regard to effectiveness, use, or appearance.
  • noun. Bodily condition, as in regard to muscle tone or endurance.
  • transitive verb. To create or fashion, as.
  • transitive verb. To give a particular form to (a material).
  • transitive verb. To create or configure, as from a material.
  • transitive verb. To cause to conform to a particular form.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To plan or devise.
  • transitive verb. To embody in a definite form.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To influence in a formative way.
  • transitive verb. To direct the course of.
  • phrasal verb. To develop into a particular form or condition.
  • phrasal verb. To turn out; develop.
  • phrasal verb. To improve one's performance or behavior so as to meet a standard.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To form; make; create; construct.
  • To give shape or form to; cut, mold, or make into a particular form: as, to shape a garment; to shape a vessel on the potters' wheel.
  • To adapt, as to a purpose; cause to conform; adjust; regulate: with to or unto.
  • To form with the mind; plan; contrive; devise; arrange; prepare.
  • To get ready; address (one's self to do something).
  • To direct (one's course); betake (one's self): as, to shape one's course homeward.
  • To image; conceive; call or conjure up.
  • To dress; array.
  • To destine; foreordain; predestine.
  • To take shape or form; be or become adapted, fit, or comformable.
  • To turn out; happen.
  • noun. An obsolete form of the past participle of shape.
  • noun. In Tibet, a privy councillor; one of the five who advise the Tibetan regent in state affairs.
  • noun. Form; figure; outward contour, aspect, or appearance; hence, guise: as, the two things are dissimilar in shape; the shape of the head; in man's shape.
  • noun. That which was form or figure; a mere form, image, or figure; an appearance; a phantasm.
  • noun. Concrete embodiment or form, as of a thought, conception, or quality.
  • noun. Appearance; guise; dress; disguise; specifically, a theatrical costume (a complete dress).
  • noun. Way; manner.
  • noun. In industrial art:
  • noun. A pattern to be followed by workmen; especially, a flat pattern to guide a cutter.
  • cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cape  Snape  agape  ape  cape  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    appearance  beauty  color  figure  form  
    Synonym
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    verb-form
    shaped  shapely  shapen  shapes  shaping