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shop

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q213441}}An establishment that [[sell]]s goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
  2. A place where things are [[manufacture]]d or [[craft]]ed; a [[workshop]].
  3. A large [[garage]] where [[vehicle]] [[mechanic]]s work.
  4. [[workplace|Workplace]]; [[office]]. Used mainly in expressions such as ''[[shop talk]]'', ''[[closed shop]]'' and ''[[shop floor]]''.
  5. {{lb|en|figurative|uncountable}} Discussion of [[business]] or [[professional]] affairs.
  6. A variety of classes taught in [[junior high school|junior]] or [[senior high school]] that teach [[vocation]]al skills.
  7. An establishment where a [[barber]] or [[beautician]] works.
  8. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
  9. {{lb|en|UK|colloquial}} The collective items bought (or to be bought) on a shopping [[trip]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To browse or purchase products from (a [[catalog]], an [[internet]] [[website]], etc.), mostly from home.
  3. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|chiefly|UK}} To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|chiefly|UK}} To [[imprison]].
  5. {{lb|en|transitive|internet slang}} To [[photoshop]]; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
  6. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|archaic}} To [[dismiss]] from [[employment]].
  7. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To investigate or evaluate as a [[mystery shopper]].
  8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pitch#Verb|pitch]] (a book, script, etc.) to a publisher or studio.

Interjection

  1. {{lb|en|dated}} {{non-gloss|Used to attract the services of a shop assistant}}

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|small village|par/Morwenstow|north|co/Cornwall|cc/England}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref SS2214}}. <ref>[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/shop-cornwall-ex239sf OS: Morwenstow, Cornwall]</ref>
  2. {{place|en|neighbourhood|vill/St Merryn|par/St Merryn|north|co/Cornwall}} {{q|OS grid ref SW8773}}. <ref>[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/shop-cornwall-pl288np OS: St Merryn, Cornwall]</ref>

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