of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination).
a U-shaped driveway.
designed to fit a particular form, body, or contour.
a shaped garment.
Furniture. having other than a plane surface.
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These displays telegraphed to the West that the Soviet Union was a formidable military force and shaped the contours of the “twilight struggle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s so common for kids to never really understand how their parents grew up with money and how that shaped them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The trend underscores how dissent is increasingly being shaped by internet culture, particularly among the Gen Z.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
It also explores how his childhood has shaped him as a father.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The shelter was shaped like half a tent, with an opening at one end.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Also appealing and true to its common name, but for brighter light: string of pearls, Senecio rowleyanus, a South African species with succulent pea-sized and -shaped leaves that cascade over a pot edge.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
Into that -shaped void has been thrust the third series of the French law and order procedural, Spiral.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2011
Since some people are convinced that dowsing, A B a method of finding underground water with a Y -shaped stick, is effective, but others condemn the procedure ~ mere superstition.
From SAT Tests
Most specimens have the vomerine teeth situated on -shaped elevations, but in some individuals the elevations are more nearly transversely situated between the inner nares.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
Zygon, zī′gon, n. a connecting bar: an -shaped fissure of the brain.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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