English > shape: 11 senses > noun 1, attributeMeaning | Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline). |
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Example | "he could barely make out their shapes" |
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Synonyms | form, configuration, contour, conformation |
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Attributes | crooked | Having or marked by bends or angles |
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straight | Having no deviations |
Narrower | angularity | The property possessed by a shape that has angles |
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concavity, concaveness | The property possessed by a concave shape |
convexity, convexness | The property possessed by a convex shape |
crookedness | Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles |
curvature, curve | The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
dullness, bluntness | Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point |
lobularity | The property of having lobules |
narrowing | An instance of becoming narrow |
roundness | The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular |
sharpness, keenness | thinness of edge or fineness of point |
straightness | freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles |
stratification | A layered configuration |
topography | The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features |
Broader | spatial property, spatiality | Any property relating to or occupying space |
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Spanish | configuración, conformación, contorno, forma |
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Catalan | configuració, forma |
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Verbs | shape | give shape or form to |
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English > shape: 11 senses > noun 3, bodyMeaning | Alternative names for the body of a human being. |
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Synonyms | human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh |
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Part of | homo, man, human being, human | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage |
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person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Narrower | adult body | The body of an adult human being |
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female body | The body of a female human being |
juvenile body | The body of a young person |
male body | The body of a male human being |
person | A human body (usually including the clothing) |
Broader | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
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Spanish | anatomía, carne, cuerpo humano, cuerpo, figura, físico, forma, soma |
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Catalan | anatomia, carn, cos humà, cos, cuerpo, figura, físic, forma, soma |
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English > shape: 11 senses > verb 1, cognitionMeaning | shape or influence; give direction to. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
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Synonyms | determine, mold, influence, regulate |
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Narrower | carry weight | Have influence to a specified degree |
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decide | Influence or determine |
dispose, incline | make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief |
index | Adjust through indexation |
indispose, disincline | make unwilling |
miscreate | shape or form or make badly |
pace | regulate or set the pace of |
predetermine | Determine beforehand |
reshape | shape anew or differently |
time | Set the speed, duration, or execution of |
Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
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Spanish | determinar, forjar, formarse, influenciar, influir, moldear, regularizarse |
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Catalan | determinar, forjar, formar-se, influenciar, influir, regularitzar-se |
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Nouns | shape | a perceptual structure |
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shape | a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept |
shaping | any process serving to define the shape of something |
English > shape: 11 senses > verb 2, creationMeaning | make something, usually for a specific function. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Example | "shape a figure" |
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Synonyms | form, work, mold, mould, forge |
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Narrower | beat | shape by beating |
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carve | form by carving |
cast, mold, mould | form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold |
chip | form by chipping |
cut out | form and create by cutting out |
grind | Shape or form by grinding |
handbuild, hand-build, coil | make without a potter's wheel |
hill | form into a hill |
layer | make or form a layer |
machine | Turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery |
model, mold, mould | form in clay, wax, etc |
mound | form into a rounded elevation |
preform | form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand |
preform | form into a shape resembling the final / final, desired one |
puddle | subject to puddling or form by puddling |
reshape, remold | shape again or shape differently |
roughcast | shape roughly |
sculpt, sculpture | create by shaping stone / stone or wood or any other hard material |
sinter | Cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting |
stamp | form or cut out with a mold, form, or die |
swage, upset | form metals with a swage |
throw | make on a potter's wheel |
Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
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Similar to | work, work on, process | shape, form, or improve a material |
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Spanish | constituir, falsificar, forjar, formar, fraguar, modelar, moldear, plasmar |
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Catalan | constituir, donar forma, falsificar, forjar, formar, modelar |
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Nouns | shape | the visual appearance of something or someone |
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shaper | a person who makes things |
shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
English > shape: 11 senses > verb 3, changeMeaning | Give shape or form to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Example | "shape the dough" |
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Synonym | form |
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Narrower | block | shape into a block or blocks |
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block | shape by using a block |
blow | shape by blowing |
crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize | Cause to take on a definite and clear shape |
cup | form into the shape of a cup |
deform, distort, strain | Alter the shape of (something) by stress |
dimension | shape or form to required dimensions |
dish | make concave |
draw | flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching |
encircle, circle | form a circle around |
fit | make fit |
flatten | make flat or flatter |
fork | shape like a fork |
individuate | Give individual shape or form to |
plume | form a plume |
ridge | form into a ridge |
roll | shape by rolling |
round, round out, round off | make round |
scallop, scollop | shape or cut in scallops |
sliver | form into slivers |
square, square up | make square |
strike | Cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp |
tabulate | shape or cut with a flat surface |
terrace | make into terraces as for cultivation |
tie | form a knot or bow in |
turn | shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel |
twist | form into twists |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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Spanish | configurar, conformar, constituir, dar forma, forjar, formar |
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Catalan | constituir, donar forma, forjar, formar |
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Nouns | shape | any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) |
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shape | the visual appearance of something or someone |
shaper | a machine tool for shaping metal or wood |
shaper | a person who makes things |