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
Vocabulary classified under Business and finance
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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