shape
Other forms: shaped; shapes; shaping
The form of something gives it its shape. Basic shapes include the square, the circle, and the triangle. You may have a nose the shape of a ski slope.
When you admire someone's shape, you're admiring their form, or their body. When you're out of shape or vowing to get back into shape, you're using shape to refer to your physical stamina or overall health. You can shape something by giving it form, as in "shape the dough into a braided twist," or influence someone, as in a teacher who shapes young minds.
Definitions of shape
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a perceptual structuretypes:fractal(mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometrygestalta configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its partsgrida pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lineskaleidoscopea complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapesmosaica pattern resembling a mosaicstranda pattern forming a unity within a larger structural wholereference grida pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a mapAmsler grida pattern of small boxes that is used for self-monitoring by patients who have age-related macular degenerationtype of:structurethe complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
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the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance“geometry is the mathematical science of shape”synonyms: formtypes:solida three-dimensional shapenatural shapea shape created by natural forces; not man-madefigurea combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shapelinea length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving pointround shapea shape that is curved and without sharp anglesamorphous shapean ill-defined or arbitrary shapecirclesomething approximating the shape of a circlesquaresomething approximating the shape of a squaretrianglesomething approximating the shape of a triangleplumeanything that resembles a feather in shape or lightnesscurvea line on a graph representing dataCartesian planea plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinatesfacet planethe plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)orbital plane(astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbitingpicture planethe plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the worktangent planethe plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surfaceequilaterala figure whose sides are all equalpencila figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a pointsubfigurea figure that is a part of another figurebulbanything with a round shape resembling a teardropcylindera solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)straight linea line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvaturegeodesic, geodesic line(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a surface, such as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphereperimetera line enclosing a plane areacoil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorla round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)parallel(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)polyhedrona solid figure bounded by plane polygons or facesjoga sharp change in directionellipsoid of revolution, spheroida shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axesspherea three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the centerspherea solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)cylindera surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed linetoroid, torusa ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circletoroidthe doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a toruscolumellaa small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animalhoodoo(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rockrimthe shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular objectshapelessnessan amorphous or indefinite shapebloban indistinct shapeless formspacean empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)nodea connecting point at which several lines come togetherarticulation, join, joint, junction, juncturethe shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is madeovoidan egg-shaped objectfrustuma truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removedtendrilsomething long, light, slender, and often curlingsegmentthe part of a line between any two pointstype of:attributean abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous conceptsynonyms: embodiment
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the visual appearance of something or someone
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any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)“he could barely make out their shapes”synonyms: configuration, conformation, contour, formtypes:topographythe configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural featureslobularitythe property of having lobulesangularitythe property possessed by a shape that has anglesnarrowingan instance of becoming narrowroundnessthe property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angularstraightnessfreedom from crooks or curves or bends or anglescrookednesshaving or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or anglesstratificationa layered configurationacutenessthe quality of having a sharp edge or pointobtusenessthe quality of lacking a sharp edge or pointhollownessthe property of having a sunken areacoarctation(biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aortataperthe property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)triangularitythe property of being shaped like a triangleglobosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericitythe roundness of a 3-dimensional objectstraightness(of hair) lack of a tendency to curltype of:
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alternate name for the body of a human beingsynonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, somatypes:persona human body (usually including the clothing)juvenile bodythe body of a young personadult bodythe body of an adult human beingmale bodythe body of a male human beingfemale bodythe body of a female human beingchild's bodythe body of a human childtype of:body, organic structure, physical structurethe entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
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give shape or form to“shape the dough”synonyms: formtypes:individuategive individual shape or form totieform a knot or bow interracemake into terraces as for cultivationforkshape like a forktabulateshape or cut with a flat surfacedimensionshape or form to required dimensionsrollshape by rollingdrawflatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretchingstrikecause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamptwistform into twistssliverform into sliversridgeform into a ridgeplumeform a plumedishmake concave; shape like a dishfitmake fitflattenmake flat or flatterblowshape by blowingblockshape into a block or blocksblockshape by using a blockcupform into the shape of a cupturnshape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheelpursecontract one's lips into a rounded shapesplatsplit open and flatten for cookingjaundicedistort adverselylaminatepress or beat (metals) into thin sheetsdovetailfit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
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make something, usually for a specific function“shape a figure”types:carveform by carvingchipform by chippinglayermake or form a layercut outform and create by cutting outmachineturn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinerygrindshape or form by grindingstampform or cut out with a mold, form, or diepuddlesubject to puddling or form by puddlingbeatshape by beatingpreformform or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehandpreformform into a shape resembling the final, desired onemoundform into a rounded elevationhillform into a hillroughcastshape roughlysintercause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without meltingthrowmake on a potter's wheelgouge outmake gouges into a surfacerabbetcut a rectangular groove intomound overform a mound oversand castpour molten metal into a mold of sandfretcarve a pattern intotype of:
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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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shape or influence; give direction totypes:miscreateshape or form or make badlycarry weighthave influence to a specified degreedecideinfluence or determinereshapeshape anew or differentlytimeset the speed, duration, or execution ofindexadjust through indexationpaceregulate or set the pace ofpredeterminedetermine beforehandpredisposemake susceptible
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