shape

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Synonyms: shade, shame, shake, scape, share, shave, swape, shrape, shale, chape, slape

Antonyms: shade, shame, shake, scape, share, shave, swape, shrape, shale, chape, slape

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Noun

1. The [[status]] or [[condition]] of something
2. [[condition|Condition]] of personal [[health]], especially muscular health.
3. A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
4. [[form|Form]]; [[formation]].
5. {{lb|en|geometry}} A [[geometric]] [[figure]] defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
6. {{lb|en|iron manufacture}} A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
7. {{lb|en|iron manufacture}} A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
8. {{lb|en|cookery|now|rare}} A [[mould#Noun|mould]] for making [[blancmange]], [[jelly]], etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
9. {{lb|en|gambling}} A [[loaded]] [[die]].
10. {{lb|en|programming}} In the [[Hack]] [[programming language]], a group of [[data]] [[field]]s each of which has a [[name]] and a [[data type]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|Northern England|Scotland|rare}} To [[create]] or [[make]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give something a shape and [[definition]].
3. To [[form]] or [[manipulate]] something into a certain shape.
4. {{lb|en|of a country, person, etc}} To give influence to.
5. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To imagine; to conceive.

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