ALL meanings of shapes
shape
S s - noun shapes Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe. 1
- verb with object shapes to give definite form, shape, organization, or character to; fashion or form. 1
- verb with object shapes to couch or express in words: to shape a statement. 1
- verb with object shapes to adjust; adapt: He shaped everything to suit his taste. 1
- verb with object shapes to direct (one's course, future, etc.). 1
- verb with object shapes to file the teeth of (a saw) to uniform width after jointing. 1
- verb with object shapes 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 shapes Obsolete. to appoint; decree. 1
- verb without object shapes to come to a desired conclusion or take place in a specified way: If discussions shape properly, the companies will merge. 1
- idioms shapes take shape, to assume a fixed form; become definite: The house is beginning to take shape. 1