| Sounds | shey'p | |
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| Rhymes | agape ... videotape: 19 rhymes with eyp... | |
| Meaning | The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance. | |
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| Example | "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" | |
| Synonym | form | |
| Narrower | amorphous shape | An ill-defined or arbitrary shape |
| angular shape, angularity | A shape having one or more sharp angles | |
| circle | Something approximating the shape of a circle | |
| column, tower, pillar | Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | |
| connection, connexion, link | A connecting shape | |
| distorted shape, distortion | A shape resulting from distortion | |
| figure | A combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape | |
| flare, flair | A shape that spreads outward | |
| line | A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness | |
| natural shape | A shape created by natural forces | |
| plane, sheet | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape | |
| plume | Anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness | |
| round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles | |
| solid | A three-dimensional shape | |
| square | Something approximating the shape of a square | |
| triangle | Something approximating the shape of a triangle | |
| Broader | attribute | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity |
| Spanish | forma | |
| Catalan | forma | |
| Adjectives | shaped | having the shape of |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| 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 |
| person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being | |
| Narrower | adult body | The body of an adult human being |
| 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) |
| Spanish | anatomía, carne, cuerpo humano, cuerpo, figura, físico, forma, soma | |
| Catalan | anatomia, carn, cos humà, cos, cuerpo, figura, físic, forma, soma | |
| Meaning | A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept. | |
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| Synonym | embodiment | |
| Broader | concretism, concrete representation | A representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms |
| Spanish | encarnación, expresión, forma, representación | |
| Verbs | shape | shape or influence |
| Meaning | The visual appearance of something or someone. | |
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| Synonyms | form, cast | |
| Broader | appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| Spanish | apariencia, aspecto, facciones, fisonomía, forma | |
| Catalan | faccions, fisonomia | |
| Adjectives | shapely | having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape |
| Verbs | shape | give shape or form to |
| shape | make something, usually for a specific function | |
| Meaning | The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases 'in condition' or 'in shape' or 'out of condition' or 'out of shape'). | |
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| Synonym | condition | |
| Narrower | fitness, physical fitness | Good physical condition |
| Broader | good health, healthiness | The state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease |
| Meaning | The supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe. | |
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| Synonym | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | |
| Part of | North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
| Broader | high command, supreme headquarters | The highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military) |
| Spanish | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | |
| Catalan | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | |
| Meaning | A perceptual structure. | |
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| Synonyms | form, pattern | |
| Part of | percept, perception, perceptual experience | The representation of what is perceived |
| Narrower | fractal | (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry |
| gestalt | A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | |
| grid | A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines | |
| kaleidoscope | A complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes | |
| mosaic | A pattern resembling a mosaic | |
| strand | A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole | |
| Broader | structure | The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations |
| Spanish | estructura, forma | |
| Catalan | estructura, forma | |
| Verbs | shape | shape or influence |
| Meaning | shape or influence; give direction to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | determine, mold, influence, regulate | |
| Narrower | carry weight | Have influence to a specified degree |
| 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 |
| Spanish | determinar, forjar, formarse, influenciar, influir, moldear, regularizarse | |
| Catalan | determinar, forjar, formar-se, influenciar, influir, regularitzar-se | |
| Nouns | shape | a perceptual structure |
| shape | a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept | |
| shaping | any process serving to define the shape of something | |
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