Shaping
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of forming or reducing to shape.
noun.
Specifically The cutting and fitting of clothes; tailoring.
noun.
Representation; imagination; that which is formed or imagined.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
method
of
positive
reinforcement
of
behaviour
patterns
in
operant conditioning
.
noun.
The action of the verb to
shape
.
verb.
Present participle of
shape
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
noun.
any process serving to define the shape of something
adjective.
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
Word Usage
"Her face seemed to recede in the darkness and rain, the disbelief and injury in her expression shaping and reshaping itself in the overhead light."
Equivalent
constructive
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
physical process
process
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
aping
draping
escaping
gaping
raping
verb-stem
shape