shape

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English schap, schape, from Old English ġesceap (“shape, form, created being, creature, creation, dispensation, fate, condition, sex, gender, genitalia”), from Proto-West Germanic *ga- + *skap, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *skapą (“shape, nature, condition”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). The verb is from Middle English shapen, schapen, from Old English scieppan (“to shape, form, make, create, assign, arrange, destine, order, adjudge”), from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to create”), from the noun. The noun is cognate with Middle Dutch schap (“form”), Middle High German geschaf (“creature”), Icelandic skap (“state, condition, temper, mood”). The verb is cognate with Dutch scheppen, German schaffen, Swedish skapa (“create, make”), Norwegian Bokmål skape (“create”). Doublet of -ship. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃeɪ̯p/, [ˈʃeɪ̯p] Rhymes: -eɪp Hyphenation: shape === Noun === shape (countable and uncountable, plural shapes) The status or condition of something Condition of personal health, especially muscular health. A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface. Form; formation. (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. (cooking, now rare) A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape. (gambling) A loaded die. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type. ==== Usage notes ==== When referring to someone's physical shape, it is common to use a structure with of, for example in "I'm in love with the shape of you". A learner of English would expect this to be "I'm in love with your shape" instead. ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:shape ==== Hyponyms ==== contest shape ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: shape → Welsh: siâp ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Forms and shapes === Verb === shape (third-person singular simple present shapes, present participle shaping, simple past shaped or (obsolete) shope, past participle shaped or (obsolete) shope or (archaic) shapen) (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make. 1685, Satan's Invisible World Discoveredː Which the mighty God of heaven shope. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (give shape): form, mold, (rare) shapen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== The Dictionary of the Scots Language William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “shape”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “shape”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === HEPAs, Heaps, ephas, heaps, phase == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== shape alternative form of schap === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== shape alternative form of schapen == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English shape. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejpi === Noun === shape m (plural shapes) (slang, bodybuilding) build, physique (Brazil, skateboarding) skateboard deck ==== Derived terms ==== meter o shape === Further reading === “shape”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “shape”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026