Pronunce (3)
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/ˈʃeɪ̯p/
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[ˈʃeɪ̯p]
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ʃeɪp
Sostantivo
The status or condition of something
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The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
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The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
We exercise to keep in good physical shape.
A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
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What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?
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No design right can exist in features of appearance of a product which are solely dictated by the product's technical function (see Dyson Ltd v Vax Ltd [2010] EWHC 1923 (Pat) which held the shape of the Dyson vacuum cleaner to be unregisterable as it was purely functional) [...]
Form; formation.
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Your head is a funny shape, rather oblong.
What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events?
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A formal feature indicating a pre-Roman origin is word-final i, which is rare in the inherited nominal and adjectival lexicon. On the basis of this we may conclude that ispéli is likely the original shape of this word.
A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
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A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
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A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
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A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
Uso- arcaico
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And if I 'm late for supper there 's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there is a little rhubarb and shape.
It was brawn and shape for high tea.
A loaded die.
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A top cheater seldom ever uses shapes or loaded dice because they do not assure you of winning.
In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
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Verbo
To create or make.
Uso- Northern-England
- Scotland
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Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.
1685, Satan's Invisible World Discoveredː Which the mighty God of heaven shope.
To give something a shape and definition.
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Shape the dough into a pretzel. For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.
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The professor never pretended to the academic prerogative of forcing his students into his own channels of reasoning; he entered into and helped shape the discussion but above all he made his men learn to think for themselves and rely upon their own intellectual judgments.
Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
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Mature the Virgin was of Egypt's Race: / Grace ſhap'd her Limbs; and Beauty deck'd her Face: […]
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Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.
To give influence to.
Uso- person
- of a country
To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
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The more of you 'twas felt, the more it shap'd / Unto my end of stealing them
To imagine; to conceive.
Uso- obsoleto
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Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not.
Sostantivo
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
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he could barely make out their shapes
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
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geometry is the mathematical science of shape
alternative names for the body of a human being
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Leonardo studied the human body
he has a strong physique
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the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
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a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life
the visual appearance of something or someone
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the delicate cast of his features
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
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a perceptual structure
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the composition presents problems for students of musical form
a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
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shape or influence; give direction to
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experience often determines ability
mold public opinion
make something, usually for a specific function
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She molded the rice balls carefully
Form cylinders from the dough
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shape a figure
Work the metal into a sword
give shape or form to
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shape the dough
form the young child's character