shapes

/ʃeɪps/

noun

  1. 1

    The status or condition of something

    The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
  2. 2

    Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

    The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
  3. 3

    The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.

    He cut a square shape out of the cake.
  4. 4

    Form; formation.

  5. 5

    (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

  6. 6

    (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

  7. 7

    A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.

  8. 8

    In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.

verb

  1. 1

    To create or make.

    Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.
  2. 2

    To give something a shape and definition.

    Shape the dough into a pretzel.   For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.
  3. 3

    To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

  4. 4

    (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

  5. 5

    To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

  6. 6

    To imagine; to conceive.

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