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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Born in Guatemala and brought to the U.S. by his parents, he also was shaped by growing up in racially diverse parts of South L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
With this tool, early humans could create and maintain stone implements that were more carefully shaped and complex than those produced by some other prehistoric populations living during the same period.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
In the living room, a blue resin coffee table shaped like a candy wrapper adds to the playful feel, along with vintage candy dishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sixty years on, three generations have shared their memories of South Asian programming and spoken about how it shaped them.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Both Adams and Jefferson, it turned out, were too deeply shaped by the desperate struggle against England to foresee the Anglo-American alliance that flourished throughout the Victorian era and beyond.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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