shaped
[ sheypt ]
/ ʃeɪpt /
adjective
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.
Words nearby shaped
shape, shape note, shape up, shape-note singing, shape-up, shaped, shaped charge, shapeless, shapely, shapen, shaper
OTHER WORDS FROM shaped
well-shaped, adjectiveDefinition for shaped (2 of 2)
Origin of shape
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English gesceapu (plural); replacing dial. shap, Middle English; Old English gesceap (singular); cognate with Old Norse skap state, mood; (v.) Middle English; Old English sceapen (past participle); replacing Middle English sheppe, shippe, Old English sceppan, scyppan; cognate with German schaffen, Old Norse skepja, Gothic -skapjan to make
SYNONYMS FOR shape
4 specter, illusion.
7 order, pattern.
8 order, situation.
14 mold, model.
OTHER WORDS FROM shape
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British Dictionary definitions for shaped (1 of 2)
shape
/ (ʃeɪp) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of shape
shapable or shapeable, adjectiveshaper, nounWord Origin for shape
Old English gesceap, literally: that which is created, from scieppan to create; related to sceap sexual organs, Old Norse skap destiny, Old High German scaf form
British Dictionary definitions for shaped (2 of 2)
SHAPE
/ (ʃeɪp) /
n acronym for
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Idioms and Phrases with shaped
shape
In addition to the idiom beginning with shape
- shape up
also see:
- bent out of shape
- in condition (shape)
- lick into shape
- take shape
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