SHAPE


Meaning of SHAPE in English

n. 25B6; noun

the shape of the dining table : FORM, appearance, configuration, formation, structure; figure, build, physique, body; contours, lines, outline, silhouette, profile. See list.

a spirit in the shape of a fox : GUISE, likeness, semblance, form, appearance, image.

you're in pretty good shape : CONDITION, health, trim, fettle, order; Brit. informal nick.

morpho-.

25B6; verb

the metal is shaped into tools : FORM, fashion, make, mould, model, cast; sculpt, sculpture, carve, cut, whittle.

attitudes were shaped by his report : DETERMINE, form, fashion, mould, define, develop; influence, affect.

25A0; shape up

her work is shaping up nicely : IMPROVE, get better, progress, show promise; develop, take shape, come on, come along.

a regime to help you shape up : GET FIT, get into shape, tone up; slim, lose weight.

25A0; take shape BECOME CLEAR, become definite, become tangible, crystallize, come together, fall into place.

Geometrical Shapes

See also pattern . pentagram

annulus pentangle

circle polygon

decagon quadrangle

diamond quadrant

dodecagon quadrilateral

ellipse rectangle

hendecagon rhomboid

heptagon rhombus

hexagon semicircle

kite square

lozenge tetragon

nonagon trapezium

oblong trapezoid

octagon triangle

ovoid trigon

parallelogram undecagon

pentagon

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