shape (original) (raw)
shape noun (FORM)
These bricks are all different shapes.
take the shape of In the story, Faust is tempted by the Devil, who has taken the shape of a man.
take a shape Life on earth takes many shapes.
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shape noun (CHARACTER)
shape noun (CONDITION)
in great shape "How are you?" "Oh, I'm in great shape."
in no shape to You're in no shape (= not in a good enough state of health) to go to work today.
get something into shape It's taken us five years to get our house into shape.
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Idioms
shape verb [T] (FORM)
shape something into something When you've made the dough, shape it into two loaves.
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Phrasal verb
(Definition of shape from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
shape | American Dictionary
shape noun (APPEARANCE)
shape noun (CONDITION)
He’s in/out of shape (= in good/not in good condition).
shape noun (FORM)
shape verb [T] (FORM)
shape verb [T] (APPEARANCE)
Phrasal verbs
(Definition of shape from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of shape
shape
The room one enters has the shape of a cross.
Two-dimensional image analysis of the shape of rice and its application to separating varieties.
Indeed, people's social and psychological attributes shape their behaviour but, in many ways, behaviour is only partially predictable.
In fact, it is interesting to note that any closed region with arbitrary shape reduces to a point as the region reduces to zero.
The shape of the free surfaces for the solutions joined in this way is shown in figure 3, with the matching points indicated.
But which institutional features of the two systems shape the incentives relevant for coalition formation?
The first three chapters develop this interdisciplinary approach by shaping a theoretical framework to guide the five case studies in subsequent chapters.
These could range from thickness and shape to qualities such as heat and weight resistance.
Most of these studies emphasize the correspondence between an object and a hand shape.
The structural context, such as the layout of the building, also shaped social interaction.
Here we will ask whether such differences in the shape of development are also observed in these measures of structural complexity.
Using shape annealing for pattern generation, spatial layouts that reflect desired styles as well as meet structural purpose can be generated.
Thus, state-level institutions may contribute to democracy by instilling a greater sense of citizens' ability to shape what their governments do.
The structure of the generated shape need not be prescribed by the rule and ultimately the history of generation to that point.
Furthermore, the problem choices of scientists determine the content of individual research programs, ultimately shaping the character of their contributions to scientific knowledge.
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Hypothesis 1 is that late talkers know less than their normally-developing peers about the abstract shape characteristics shared by lexical category members.
Three-dimensional aerodynamic shape optimization using genetic and gradient search algorithms.
This presents a surface consisting of densely packed, immobile particles of angular shape, in the size range 100-200 pm.
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