Definitions for shaped

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shaped shaped

Spelling: [sheypt]

IPA: /ʃeɪpt/

Shaped is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in shaped (adehps).

Definitions for shaped

noun

1. the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
2. this quality as found in some individual object or body form:
3. something seen in outline, as in silhouette:
4. an imaginary form; phantom.
5. an assumed appearance; guise:
6. a particular or definite organized form or expression:
7. proper form; orderly arrangement.
8. condition or state of repair:
9. the collective conditions forming a way of life or mode of existence:
10. the figure, physique, or body of a person, especially of a woman:
11. something used to give form, as a mold or a pattern.
12. Also called section. Building Trades, Metalworking. a flanged metal beam or bar of uniform section, as a channel iron, I-beam, etc.
13. Nautical. a ball, cone, drum, etc., used as a day signal, singly or in combinations, to designate a vessel at anchor or engaged in some particular operation.

Idioms

1. take shape, to assume a fixed form; become definite:

adjective

1. of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination):
2. designed to fit a particular form, body, or contour:
3. Furniture. having other than a plane surface.

Verb phrases

1. shape up, to assume a specific form: to evolve or develop, especially favorably. to improve one's behavior or performance to meet a required standard. to get oneself into good physical condition. (of longshoremen) to get into a line or formation in order to be assigned the day's work.

verb (used with object)

1. to give definite form, shape, organization, or character to; fashion or form.
2. to couch or express in words:
3. to adjust; adapt:
4. to direct (one's course, future, etc.).
5. to file the teeth of (a saw) to uniform width after jointing.
6. Animal Behavior, Psychology. to teach (a desired behavior) to a human or other animal by successively rewarding the actions that more and more closely approximate that behavior.
7. Obsolete. to appoint; decree.

verb (used without object)

1. to come to a desired conclusion or take place in a specified way:

Origin of shaped

First recorded in 1530-40; shape + -ed²

Examples for shaped

By heredity and discipline all minds are shaped to this great hour.

An oar has been made since I came in, wanting the shaped handle.

It is a single round, low tower, shaped like the tomb of Cacilia Metella.

During the convention, debates about the executive were shaped by the belief that Washington would be its first office-holder.

Their time outside the Hasidic community has not only shaped their music, but their approach to religion.

"Wait a minute," said Reid, his long, delicately shaped fingers trembling.

A Prairie-dog hole is shaped like a funnel, going straight down.

He thought outside the box and through humor, shaped public discourse and opinion.

Now, Thorne is out with a new diagram-heavy, 300-page book detailing how he shaped the science that powers the movie.

How has your experience been shaped by digital encounters and the social web?