shape

  • 41shape — /ʃeɪp / (say shayp) noun 1. the quality of a thing depending on its outline or external surface. 2. the form of a particular thing, person, or being. 3. something seen indistinctly, as in outline or silhouette. 4. an imaginary form; phantom. 5.… …

  • 42Shape — Cet article concerne la forme d une planche de surf. Pour le centre de commandement militaire des forces de l OTAN, voir SHAPE. En surf, le shape caractérise la forme d une planche de surf. Le shape d u …

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  • 43shape — 01. For my fifth birthday, my mother baked me a birthday cake in the [shape] of an elephant. 02. Robert accidentally left his butter sculpture in the sun, and it became an ugly, [shapeless] mess. 03. We gave our dad a coffee mug in the [shape] of …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 44shape — {{11}}shape (n.) O.E. gesceap creation, form, destiny, from root of SHAPE (Cf. shape) (v.)). Meaning contours of the body is attested from late 14c. Meaning condition, state is first recorded 1865, American English. In Middle English, the word… …

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  • 45shape — noun 1》 the external form, outline, or contours of someone or something.     ↘a specific form or guise assumed by someone or something: a fiend in human shape. 2》 a geometric figure such as a rectangle.     ↘a piece of material, paper, etc., made …

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  • 46shape — 1. noun /ʃeɪp/ a) The status or condition of something The used bookshop wouldnt offer much due to the poor shape of the book. b) Condition of personal health, especially muscular health. The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was… …

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  • 47shape — [[t]ʃeɪp[/t]] n. v. shaped, shap•ing 1) the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure 2) something seen in outline, as in silhouette: A vague shape appeared through the mist[/ex] 3)… …

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  • 48shape — 1. noun 1) the shape of the dining table Syn: form, appearance, configuration, formation, structure; figure, build, physique, body; contours, lines, outline, silhouette, profile 2) a spirit in the shape of a fox …

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  • 49shape — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. form, figure, contour; pattern, mold; state, condition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Form] Syn. contour, aspect, configuration; see appearance 1 , form 1 . 2. [An actual form] Syn. pattern, stamp, frame;… …

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  • 50shape up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms shape up : present tense I/you/we/they shape up he/she/it shapes up present participle shaping up past tense shaped up past participle shaped up 1) to develop Education is shaping up as the hottest issue on… …

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