PEAR-SHAPED


Meaning of PEAR-SHAPED in English

1.

Something that is pear-shaped has a shape like a pear.

...her pear-shaped diamond earrings.

ADJ

2.

If someone, especially a woman, is pear-shaped , they are wider around their hips than around the top half of their body.

ADJ

3.

If a situation goes pear-shaped , bad things start happening. ( INFORMAL )

He feared his career had gone a bit pear-shaped.

PHRASE : V inflects

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