English > shape: 11 senses > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | 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, body| 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 |
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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, cognition| Meaning | 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, creation| Meaning | 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, change| Meaning | 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 |
