'Shape' definitions:
Definition of 'shape'
From: WordNet
noun
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" [syn: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation]
noun
The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" [syn: shape, form]
noun
Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh]
noun
A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life" [syn: shape, embodiment]
noun
The visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" [syn: form, shape, cast]
noun
The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') [syn: condition, shape]
noun
The supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe [syn: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, SHAPE]
noun
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" [syn: form, shape, pattern]
verb
Shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate]
verb
Make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" [syn: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge]
verb
Give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" [syn: shape, form]
Definition of 'Shape'
From: GCIDE
- Shape \Shape\ (sh[=a]p), v. t. [imp. Shaped (sh[=a]pt); p. p. Shaped or Shapen (sh[=a]p"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaping.] [OE. shapen, schapen, AS. sceapian. The p. p. shapen is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. sceapen. See Shape, n.]
- 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. [1913 Webster]
- I was shapen in iniquity. --Ps. li. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- To the stream, when neither friends, nor force, Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire, And shape my foolishness to their desire. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas). [archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Oft my jealousy Shapes faults that are not. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange. [1913 Webster]
- When shapen was all this conspiracy, From point to point. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Shaping machine. (Mach.) Same as Shaper.
- To shape one's self, to prepare; to make ready. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I will early shape me therefor. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shape'
From: GCIDE
- Shape \Shape\, v. i. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shape'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accord,
- adapt,
- adapt to,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- adjustment,
- aesthetic form,
- affect,
- agree with,
- anatomy,
- angle,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- archetype,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- aroma,
- arrange,
- arrangement,
- art form,
- aspect,
- assemble,
- assimilate to,
- astral,
- astral spirit,
- attribute,
- bad condition,
- badge,
- bake,
- banshee,
- be guided by,
- bend,
- block out,
- blood,
- body,
- body-build,
- brand,
- breed,
- build,
- building,
- cachet,
- calculate,
- carve,
- case,
- cast,
- change,
- character,
- characteristic,
- chime in with,
- chisel,
- clan,
- coin,
- color,
- complexion,
- comply,
- comply with,
- compose,
- composition,
- compound,
- conceit,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- concert,
- concoct,
- condition,
- configuration,
- conform,
- conformation,
- constitution,
- construct,
- construction,
- contours,
- contrive,
- control,
- correct,
- correspond,
- create,
- creation,
- cut,
- cut out,
- decree,
- define,
- denomination,
- departed spirit,
- description,
- design,
- designation,
- determine,
- develop,
- devise,
- differentia,
- differential,
- discipline,
- disembodied spirit,
- disguise,
- distinctive feature,
- dream up,
- duppy,
- dybbuk,
- earmark,
- effect,
- efform,
- eidolon,
- elaborate,
- embody in words,
- erect,
- estate,
- evolve,
- experience imaginatively,
- express,
- extrude,
- fabric,
- fabricate,
- fabrication,
- facet,
- fall in with,
- false image,
- fancy,
- fantasize,
- fantasy,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- feather,
- feature,
- fettle,
- fictionalize,
- figuration,
- figure,
- fire,
- fit,
- fitness,
- fix,
- flavor,
- follow,
- forecast,
- forge,
- forging,
- form,
- formalize,
- format,
- formation,
- formulate,
- found,
- frame,
- fudge together,
- gear to,
- genre,
- genus,
- gestalt,
- get up,
- getup,
- ghost,
- glaze,
- go by,
- good condition,
- govern,
- grain,
- grateful dead,
- guide,
- guise,
- gust,
- hack,
- hallmark,
- hant,
- harmonize,
- hatch,
- haunt,
- hew,
- ideate,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- idolum,
- ilk,
- image,
- imagine,
- imago,
- immateriality,
- impress,
- impression,
- improve,
- incorporeal,
- incorporeal being,
- incorporeity,
- index,
- indite,
- individualism,
- influence,
- inner form,
- intend,
- invent,
- keynote,
- kidney,
- kilter,
- kin,
- kind,
- knead,
- knock out,
- label,
- larva,
- lay out,
- lay plans,
- layout,
- lemures,
- lick into shape,
- light,
- likeness,
- line,
- lineaments,
- lines,
- look,
- lot,
- make,
- make a projection,
- make arrangements,
- make conform,
- make up,
- makeup,
- making,
- manes,
- manner,
- mannerism,
- manufacture,
- mark,
- marking,
- Masan,
- materialization,
- materialize,
- matrix,
- mature,
- meet,
- methodize,
- mint,
- mirage,
- modality,
- mode,
- model,
- modify,
- mold,
- molding,
- mould,
- nature,
- number,
- observe,
- odor,
- oni,
- order,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- organize,
- originate,
- particularity,
- patch together,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- peculiarity,
- person,
- persuasion,
- phantasm,
- phantasma,
- phantasmagoria,
- phantom,
- phase,
- phasis,
- phasm,
- phenomenon,
- phylum,
- physique,
- piece together,
- plan,
- plan ahead,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- poltergeist,
- pot,
- prearrange,
- prefabricate,
- prepare,
- presence,
- proceed,
- produce,
- production,
- profile,
- program,
- progress,
- project,
- property,
- prototype,
- put,
- put together,
- put up,
- quality,
- quirk,
- race,
- raise,
- rationalize,
- rear,
- reconcile,
- rectify,
- reference,
- regard,
- regulate,
- remodel,
- repair,
- respect,
- revenant,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- rub off corners,
- run up,
- savor,
- schedule,
- schematize,
- sculpt,
- sculpture,
- seal,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- set,
- set up,
- settle,
- setup,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shape up,
- shaping,
- show improvement,
- shrouded spirit,
- side,
- significant form,
- silhouette,
- simulacrum,
- singularity,
- slant,
- smack,
- sort,
- specialty,
- species,
- specter,
- spectral ghost,
- spirit,
- spook,
- sprite,
- stamp,
- state,
- status,
- straighten,
- strain,
- stripe,
- structure,
- structuring,
- style,
- suit,
- suppose,
- systematize,
- tailor,
- taint,
- take form,
- take shape,
- tally with,
- tang,
- taste,
- tectonics,
- tenor,
- texture,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- theophany,
- thermoform,
- think up,
- throw,
- tissue,
- token,
- tone,
- total effect,
- trait,
- tribe,
- trick,
- trim,
- turn,
- turn a pot,
- twist,
- type,
- unsubstantiality,
- variety,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- vision,
- waking dream,
- walking dead man,
- wandering soul,
- warp and woof,
- way,
- weave,
- web,
- whack,
- whomp up,
- wildest dream,
- wise,
- word,
- work,
- work out,
- work up,
- wraith,
- write,
- yield,
- zombie
Words containing 'Shape'
- Shaped,
- Shapely,
- Shaping,
- in shape,
- out of shape,
- shape up,
- Shaping machine,
- Structural shape,
- To lick into shape,
- To take shape,
- V shaped,
- Y shaped,
- amorphous shape,
- angular shape,
- bell shape,
- change of shape,
- change shape,
- concave shape,
- cone shape,
- convex shape,
- curved shape,
- disk shape,
- distorted shape,
- fan shaped,
- funnel shape,
- funnel shaped,
- gaussian shape,
- good shape,
- leaf shape,
- moon shaped,
- natural shape,
- polygonal shape,
- round shape,
- s-shape,
- s-shaped,
- saucer shaped,
- shape constancy,
- shape-up,
- shaping tool,
- t-shaped,
- take shape,
- top shape,
- wave shape,
- wedge shape,
- Bell-shaped,
- Boat-shaped,
- Bristle-shaped,
- Club-shaped,
- Comb-shaped,
- Diamond-shaped,
- Fiddle-shaped,
- Globe-shaped,
- Halberd-shaped,
- Helmet-shaped,
- Kidney-shaped,
- Lath-shaped,
- Linear-shaped,
- Lozenge-shaped,
- Pear-shaped,
- Saddle-shaped,
- Salver-shaped,
- Spindle-shaped,
- Strap-shaped,
- Sword-shaped,
- Thread-shaped,
- To shape one's self,
- Tongue-shaped,
- Top-shaped,
- Trumpet-shaped,
- U-shaped,
- Urn-shaped,
- Vase-shaped,
- Wedge-shaped,
- Wheel-shaped,
- Whip-shaped,
- Worm-shaped,
- acorn-shaped,
- almond-shaped,
- apple-shaped,
- arrow-shaped,
- awl-shaped,
- bag-shaped,
- ball-shaped,
- bar-shaped,
- barrel-shaped,
- basket-shaped,
- bean-shaped,
- belt-shaped,
- boot-shaped,
- bottle-shaped,
- bowl-shaped,
- box-shaped,
- brick-shaped,
- bulb-shaped,
- butterfly-shaped,
- button-shaped,
- cigar-shaped,
- claw-shaped,
- cone-shaped,
- cowl-shaped,
- crescent-shaped,
- cross-shaped,
- cube-shaped,
- cucumber-shaped,
- cup-shaped,
- disc-shaped,
- dish-shaped,
- disk-shaped,
- dome-shaped,
- doughnut-shaped,
- drum-shaped,
- ear-shaped,
- eel-shaped,
- egg-shaped,
- fan-shaped,
- fig-shaped,
- foot-shaped,
- football-shaped,
- funnel-shaped,
- goblet-shaped,
- guitar-shaped,
- h-shaped,
- hammer-shaped,
- harp-shaped,
- heart-shaped,
- hook-shaped,
- horn-shaped,
- hourglass-shaped,
- keel-shaped,
- l-shaped,
- lance-shaped,
- lancet-shaped,
- lip-shaped,
- lyre-shaped,
- needle-shaped,
- nutmeg-shaped,
- oval-shaped,
- oven-shaped,
- paddle-shaped,
- palm-shaped,
- pillar-shaped,
- pinwheel-shaped,
- pitcher-shaped,
- pouch-shaped,
- pumpkin-shaped,
- ribbon-shaped,
- ring-shaped,
- rod-shaped,
- saucer-shaped,
- sausage-shaped,
- shield-shaped,
- sickle-shaped,
- slipper-shaped,
- spade-shaped,
- spatula-shaped,
- spearhead-shaped,
- spider-shaped,
- spoon-shaped,
- square-shaped,
- star-shaped,
- stirrup-shaped,
- tadpole-shaped,
- tail-shaped,
- tassel-shaped,
- thimble-shaped,
- tree-shaped,
- tube-shaped,
- turnip-shaped,
- umbrella-shaped,
- v-shaped,
- w-shaped,
- watermelon-shaped,
- wing-shaped,
- y-shaped,
- Wedge-shaped characters,
- bell-shaped curve,
- falcate sickle-shaped,
- mushroom-shaped cloud,
- tube-shaped structure,
- saddled-shaped false morel