Shape

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1. Noun

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

2. Noun

To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

3. Noun

To image; to conceive; to body forth.

4. Noun

To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

5. Verb

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

6. Noun

Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

7. Noun

That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

8. Noun

A model; a pattern; a mold.

9. Noun

Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

10. Noun

Dress for disguise; guise.

11. Noun

A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

12. Noun

A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

13. Noun

a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

14. Noun

the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe
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15. Noun

a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology

16. Noun

the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

17. Noun

the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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