shape

/สƒeษชp/

IPA: /SH EY1 P/

noun
  1. 1

    The status or condition of something

    โ€œThe used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.โ€

  2. 2

    Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

    โ€œThe vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.โ€

  3. 3

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

    โ€œHe cut a square shape out of the cake.โ€

  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.

    โ€œEarth was shapen by God for God's folk.โ€

  2. 2

    To give something a shape and definition.

    โ€œShape the dough into a pretzel.ย ย  For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.โ€

  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.

Synonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shape