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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The trend underscores how dissent is increasingly being shaped by internet culture, particularly among the Gen Z.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
In her bedroom, she mixes floral textiles and modern art with a quirky stepstool shaped like an ear of corn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Over the years, many weird and wonderfully shaped balloons have graced the skies - some of which have made regular appearances at balloon festivals in the UK and around the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Damage and deformation on the artifact suggest that the bone was still relatively fresh when it was shaped and used.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Later, he became enamored of Japanese interlocking puzzles and dimensional wooden puzzles shaped in the form of an automobile or an animal.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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
These were patterns made up of squares or -shaped lines interlaced and made to seem intricate, though originally simple.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)
Tongue ovoid, barely notched behind and slightly free posteriorly; vomerine teeth 2-3, situated on -shaped elevations between round inner nares; openings to vocal sac large, one situated along inner posterior edge of each mandibular ramus.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
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