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Definitions of shape
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To square; to suit. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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To mold; form; adjust; adapt; imagine. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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To make into a certain form; fashion; regulate; design. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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To form: to fashion: to adapt to a purpose: to regulate: to direct: to conceive:-pa.p. shaped, (B.) shapen. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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To form; fashion; adjust. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. Webster Dictionary DB
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make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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give a shape or or form to; "shape the dough" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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To form or create; to make into a particular form; to adapt to a purpose; to direct; to conceive. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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To reduce to a particular form or figure; to fashion; to form; to adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to contrive; to direct; to suit. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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the supremem headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe Wordnet Dictionary DB
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give a shape or form to; "shape the dough" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. Webster Dictionary DB
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To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel. Webster Dictionary DB
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To image; to conceive; to body forth. Webster Dictionary DB
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To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange. Webster Dictionary DB
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Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape. Webster Dictionary DB
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That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being. Webster Dictionary DB
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A model; a pattern; a mold. Webster Dictionary DB
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Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality. Webster Dictionary DB
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Dress for disguise; guise. Webster Dictionary DB
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A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. Webster Dictionary DB
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A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. Webster Dictionary DB
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The form or figure of a thing; external appearance; that which has form or figure; pattern; cast, embodiment, or definite form; colloquially, state or condition. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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Form or figure: external appearance: that which has form or figure: an appearance: particular nature: expression, as in words. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Form or figure; appearance. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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Outward form or expression; guise; aspect; statement. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Form or figure; external appearance; a definite form; a pattern. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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Form or figure of a thing; a mould or cast; pattern; form; external appearance; idea. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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Usage examples for shape
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Things
are
in
a
bad
shape
and
getting
worse.
– The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
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At
last
the
question
took
shape
– A Romance of Wastdale by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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