Antonyms for shape
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sheyp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃeɪp |
Definition of shape
Origin :- Old English scapan, past participle of scieppan "to create, form, destine" (past tense scop), from Proto-Germanic *skapjanan "create, ordain" (cf. Old Norse skapa, Danish skabe, Old Saxon scapan, Old Frisian skeppa, Middle Dutch schappen "do, treat," Old High German scaffan, German schaffen "shape, create, produce"), from PIE root *(s)kep- a base forming words meaning "to cut, scrape, hack" (see scabies), which acquired broad technical senses and in Germanic a specific sense of "to create."
- Old English scieppan survived into Middle English as shippen, but shape emerged as a regular verb (with past tense shaped) by 1500s. The old past participle form shapen survives in misshapen. Middle English shepster (late 14c.) "dressmaker, female cutter-out," is literally "shape-ster," from Old English scieppan.
- Meaning "to form in the mind" is from late 14c. Phrase Shape up (v.) is literally "to give form to by stiff or solid material;" attested from 1865 as "progress;" from 1938 as "reform;" shape up or ship out is attested from 1956, originally U.S. military slang, with the sense being "do right or get shipped up to active duty."
- noun form, structure
- noun condition, health
- verb form, create
- verb devise, plan
- I'm sportively pretending that I can press it back into shape.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And six weeks after that I had things in shape so't I was able to leave.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But death will I choose, in any shape, rather than that man.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Let us shape the hope of this day into the noblest chapter in our history.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- But what if the thoughts themselves be of a kind hard to put into shape?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- It will keep its shape when held in the fingers for some time.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- The shape of the loaf must also be taken into consideration.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Mix the cream and salt with the cheese and shape into balls.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- "She must have had ready another stone of shape and size like it," said the Corn Woman.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- One can't always tell how a colt will shape, can they, Mike?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Synonyms for shape
- accommodate
- adapt
- appearance
- architecture
- aspect
- assemble
- become
- block out
- body
- bring together
- build
- carve
- case
- cast
- chassis
- chisel
- circumscription
- configuration
- conformation
- constitution
- construct
- construction
- contour
- crystallize
- cut
- define
- develop
- embodiment
- embody
- estate
- fabricate
- fashion
- fettle
- figure
- fitness
- forge
- form
- format
- frame
- grow
- guide
- guise
- hew
- kilter
- knead
- likeness
- lineation
- lines
- look
- make
- metamorphosis
- mint
- model
- modify
- mold
- order
- outline
- pat
- pattern
- prepare
- produce
- profile
- regulate
- remodel
- repair
- roughhew
- sculpture
- semblance
- shadow
- silhouette
- simulacrum
- sketch
- stamp
- state
- streamline
- symmetry
- tailor
- take form
- throw together
- trim
- whack
- whittle
- work up
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