imp. of shape. Shaped.
intransitive verb.
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
noun.
A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
noun.
A building in which mechanics or artisans work
noun.
A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.
noun.
A place where any industry is carried on;
noun.
Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
noun.
the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator.
noun.
to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.
noun.
to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment.