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Noun (8 meanings)
1. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline).
Example:
- “he could barely make out their shapes”
shape is a type of:
- spatial property, spatiality (noun) - any property relating to or occupying space
types of shape:
- angularity (noun) - the property possessed by a shape that has angles
- concavity, concaveness (noun) - the property possessed by a concave shape
- convexity, convexness (noun) - the property possessed by a convex shape
- crookedness (noun) - having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
- curvature, curve (noun) - the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- dullness, bluntness (noun) - without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
- lobularity (noun) - the property of having lobules
- narrowing (noun) - an instance of becoming narrow
- roundness (noun) - the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
- sharpness, keenness (noun) - thinness of edge or fineness of point
- straightness (noun) - freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
- stratification (noun) - a layered configuration
- topography (noun) - the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
Attribute:
- crooked (adjective) - having or marked by bends or angles
- straight (adjective) - having no deviations
shape is derivationally related to:
Example:
- “geometry is the mathematical science of shape”
shape is a type of:
- attribute (noun) - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
types of shape:
- amorphous shape (noun) - an ill-defined or arbitrary shape
- angular shape, angularity (noun) - a shape having one or more sharp angles
- circle (noun) - something approximating the shape of a circle
- column, tower, pillar (noun) - anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- connection, connexion, link (noun) - a connecting shape
- distorted shape, distortion (noun) - a shape resulting from distortion
- figure (noun) - a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- flare, flair (noun) - a shape that spreads outward
- line (noun) - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness
- natural shape (noun) - a shape created by natural forces
- plane, sheet (noun) - (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
- plume (noun) - anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
- round shape (noun) - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
- solid (noun) - a three-dimensional shape
- square (noun) - something approximating the shape of a square
- triangle (noun) - something approximating the shape of a triangle
3. alternative names for the body of a human being.
human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
Examples:
- “Leonardo studied the human body”,
- “he has a strong physique”,
- “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak”
shape is a type of:
- body, organic structure, physical structure (noun) - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
types of shape:
- adult body (noun) - the body of an adult human being
- female body (noun) - the body of a female human being
- juvenile body (noun) - the body of a young person
- male body (noun) - the body of a male human being
- person (noun) - a human body (usually including the clothing)
shape is a part of:
- homo, man, human being, human (noun) - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul (noun) - a human being
shape is derivationally related to:
- anatomic, anatomical (adjective) - of or relating to the structure of the body
- anatomist (noun) - an expert in anatomy
4. a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept.
Example:
- “a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life”
shape is a type of:
- concretism, concrete representation (noun) - a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
shape is derivationally related to:
Example:
- “the delicate cast of his features”
shape is a type of:
- appearance, visual aspect (noun) - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
shape is derivationally related to:
6. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape').
shape is a type of:
- good health, healthiness (noun) - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
types of shape:
- fitness, physical fitness (noun) - good physical condition
7. the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe.
shape is a type of:
- high command, supreme headquarters (noun) - the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)
shape is a part of:
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO (noun) - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
Examples:
- “the composition presents problems for students of musical form”,
- “a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them”
shape is a type of:
- structure (noun) - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
types of shape:
- fractal (noun) - (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry
- gestalt (noun) - a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
- grid (noun) - a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
- kaleidoscope (noun) - a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
- mosaic (noun) - a pattern resembling a mosaic
- strand (noun) - a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
shape is a part of:
- percept, perception, perceptual experience (noun) - the representation of what is perceived
shape is derivationally related to:
Verb (3 meanings)
Examples:
- “experience often determines ability”,
- “mold public opinion”
to shape is a way to:
ways to shape:
- to carry weight (verb) - have influence to a specified degree
- to decide (verb) - influence or determine
- to dispose, incline (verb) - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
- to index (verb) - adjust through indexation
- to indispose, disincline (verb) - make unwilling
- to miscreate (verb) - shape or form or make badly
- to pace (verb) - regulate or set the pace of
- to predetermine (verb) - determine beforehand
- to reshape (verb) - shape anew or differently
- to time (verb) - set the speed, duration, or execution of
to shape is derivationally related to:
- determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor (noun) - a determining or causal element or factor
- form, shape, pattern (noun) - a perceptual structure
- influence (noun) - causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- influence (noun) - one having power to influence another
- influence (noun) - the effect of one thing (or person) on another
- regulation, regulating (noun) - the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- shape, embodiment (noun) - a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- shaping, defining (noun) - any process serving to define the shape of something
Examples:
- “She molded the rice balls carefully”,
- “Form cylinders from the dough”,
- “shape a figure”,
- “Work the metal into a sword”
to shape is a way to:
- to create from raw material, create from raw stuff (verb) - make from scratch
ways to shape:
- to beat (verb) - shape by beating
- to carve (verb) - form by carving
- to cast, mold, mould (verb) - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- to chip (verb) - form by chipping
- to cut out (verb) - form and create by cutting out
- to grind (verb) - shape or form by grinding
- to handbuild, hand-build, coil (verb) - make without a potter's wheel
- to hill (verb) - form into a hill
- to layer (verb) - make or form a layer
- to machine (verb) - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
- to model, mold, mould (verb) - form in clay, wax, etc
- to mound (verb) - form into a rounded elevation
- to preform (verb) - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
- to preform (verb) - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
- to puddle (verb) - subject to puddling or form by puddling
- to reshape, remold (verb) - shape again or shape differently
- to roughcast (verb) - shape roughly
- to sculpt, sculpture (verb) - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- to sinter (verb) - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
- to stamp (verb) - form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
- to swage, upset (verb) - form metals with a swage
- to throw (verb) - make on a potter's wheel
to shape is derivationally related to:
- cast, mold, mould, stamp (noun) - the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation (noun) - the act of forming or establishing something
- form (noun) - a mold for setting concrete
- form, shape, cast (noun) - the visual appearance of something or someone
- formation, shaping (noun) - the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
Verb group:
Examples:
- “shape the dough”,
- “form the young child's character”
to shape is a way to:
ways to shape:
- to block (verb) - shape into a block or blocks
- to block (verb) - shape by using a block
- to blow (verb) - shape by blowing
- to crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize (verb) - cause to take on a definite and clear shape
- to cup (verb) - form into the shape of a cup
- to deform, distort, strain (verb) - alter the shape of (something) by stress
- to dimension (verb) - shape or form to required dimensions
- to dish (verb) - make concave
- to draw (verb) - flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- to encircle, circle (verb) - form a circle around
- to fit (verb) - make fit
- to flatten (verb) - make flat or flatter
- to fork (verb) - shape like a fork
- to individuate (verb) - give individual shape or form to
- to plume (verb) - form a plume
- to ridge (verb) - form into a ridge
- to roll (verb) - shape by rolling
- to round, round out, round off (verb) - make round
- to scallop, scollop (verb) - shape or cut in scallops
- to sliver (verb) - form into slivers
- to square, square up (verb) - make square
- to strike (verb) - cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- to tabulate (verb) - shape or cut with a flat surface
- to terrace (verb) - make into terraces as for cultivation
- to tie (verb) - form a knot or bow in
- to turn (verb) - shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- to twist (verb) - form into twists
to shape is derivationally related to:
- form (noun) - a mold for setting concrete
- form, shape, cast (noun) - the visual appearance of something or someone
- form, shape, pattern (noun) - a perceptual structure
- formation, shaping (noun) - the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- formation (noun) - a particular spatial arrangement
- maker, shaper (noun) - a person who makes things
- shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation (noun) - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- shaper, shaping machine (noun) - a machine tool for shaping metal or wood