ALL meanings of shape
shape
S s - abbreviation SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe. 1
- verb with object shape to give definite form, shape, organization, or character to; fashion or form. 1
- verb with object shape to couch or express in words: to shape a statement. 1
- verb with object shape to adjust; adapt: He shaped everything to suit his taste. 1
- verb with object shape to direct (one's course, future, etc.). 1
- verb with object shape to file the teeth of (a saw) to uniform width after jointing. 1
- verb with object shape Animal Behavior, Psychology. to teach (a desired behavior) to a human or other animal by successively rewarding the actions that more and more closely approximate that behavior. 1
- verb with object shape Obsolete. to appoint; decree. 1
- verb without object shape to come to a desired conclusion or take place in a specified way: If discussions shape properly, the companies will merge. 1
- idioms shape take shape, to assume a fixed form; become definite: The house is beginning to take shape. 1
- noun shape physical form 1
- noun shape figure, polygon, etc. 1
- noun shape condition 1
- noun shape sb: fitness 1
- transitive verb shape form, mould 1
- noun shape ghost 1
- noun shape person: figure 1
- transitive verb shape adapt 1
- transitive verb shape determine, influence 1
- countable noun shape The shape of an object, a person, or an area is the appearance of their outside edges or surfaces, for example whether they are round, square, curved, or fat. 0
- countable noun shape You can refer to something that you can see as a shape if you cannot see it clearly, or if its outline is the clearest or most striking aspect of it. 0
- countable noun shape A shape is a space enclosed by an outline, for example a circle, a square, or a triangle. 0
- singular noun shape The shape of something that is planned or organized is its structure and character. 0
- verb shape Someone or something that shapes a situation or an activity has a very great influence on the way it develops. 0
- verb shape If you shape an object, you give it a particular shape, using your hands or a tool. 0
- noun shape the outward form of an object defined by outline 0
- noun shape the figure or outline of the body of a person 0
- noun shape a phantom 0
- noun shape organized or definite form 0
- noun shape the form that anything assumes; guise 0
- noun shape something used to provide or define form; pattern; mould 0
- noun shape condition or state of efficiency 0
- verb shape to receive or cause to receive shape or form 0
- verb shape to mould into a particular pattern or form; modify 0
- verb shape to plan, devise, or prepare 0
- abbreviation SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe 0
- abbreviation SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe 0
- noun shape that quality of a thing which depends on the relative position of all points composing its outline or external surface; physical or spatial form 0
- noun shape the form characteristic of a particular person or thing, or class of things 0
- noun shape the contour of the body, exclusive of the face; figure 0
- noun shape assumed or feigned appearance; guise 0
- noun shape an imaginary or spectral form; phantom 0
- noun shape something having a particular shape, used as a mold or basis for shaping or fashioning 0
- noun shape any of the forms, structures, etc. in which a thing may exist 0
- noun shape definite, regular, or suitable form; orderly arrangement 0
- noun shape condition; state, esp. of health 0
- noun shape good physical condition 0
- verb transitive shape to give definite shape to; make, as by cutting or molding material 0
- verb transitive shape to arrange, fashion, express, or devise (a plan, answer, etc.) in definite form 0
- verb transitive shape to adapt or adjust 0