shaped

[sheypt]

adjective

1. of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination).

   a U-shaped driveway.

2. designed to fit a particular form, body, or contour.

   a shaped garment.

3. Furniture.,  having other than a plane surface.

-shaped

/ ʃeɪpt /

combining form

1. having the shape of

   an L-shaped room

   a pear-shaped figure

Other Word Forms

• well-shaped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shaped¹

First recorded in 1530–40; shape + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The maps, historically drawn in smoke-filled backrooms, protected incumbents and created bizarrely shaped districts, such as the “ribbon of shame” along the California coast.

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This bold diagonal, cut through the prim Quaker street grid, produced a great many awkwardly shaped blocks, including the pointy trapezoid between the Parkway and the Vine Street Expressway that houses Calder Gardens.

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Many exhibitions have been shaped with the purpose not of encouraging commemoration but of spurring progressive political activism.

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“It certainly shaped my views in that it’s perfectly acceptable for the woman to earn more,” said Sciuto, 35.

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The A-Hed, named for a headline shaped like a capital A, has run on the front page of The Wall Street Journal since 1941.

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