English
see|in shape

Pronunciation
enPR|sh�p, IPA|/�eɪp/, SAMPA|/SeIp?/
audio|en-us-shape.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪp

Etymology 1
Old English sceap

Noun
en-noun

1. The status or condition of something

#:* The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.

1. condition|Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

#:* The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
#:* We exercise to keep in good physical shape.

1. The appearance of something, especially its outline.

#:* He cut a square shape out of the cake.

1. A figure with unspecified appearance; especially a geometric figure.

#:* What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?

Derived terms
top3
contest shape
in no shape to
in no way, shape, or form
in shape
mid3
out of shape
shapeless
shapely
shape-shifter, shape-shifting
mid3
shipshape
take shape
the shape of things to come

Translations
trans-top|status or condition
Chinese: 样� (yàngzi)
Czech: t+|cs|stav|m, t-|cs|forma|f
Dutch: t+|nl|staat, t+|nl|status
Finnish: t+|fi|kunto
German: t+|de|Zustand|m, t-|de|Form|f
Hebrew: he-translation|�צ�|matsáv m
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|��|scJpan, t-|ja|���|try�su|sc=Jpan
Swedish: t+|sv|form|c, t+|sv|tillstånd|n
Telugu: t|te|స�థితి|sc=Telu(sthiti)
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trans-top|condition of personal health, especially muscular health
{*Finnish: kunto
{trans-mid}}
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trans-top|appearance or outline
Arabic: ARchar|ش�� IPAchar|(šakl)
Chinese: 形�, 形� (xíngzhuàng)
Czech: t-|cs|tvar|m
Dutch: t+|nl|vorm
Finnish: t+|fi|muoto
French: t+|fr|forme|f
German: t-|de|Form|f
Hebrew: he-translation|צ�ר�|tsurá f
Hungarian: t+|hu|alak, t+|hu|forma
Italian: t+|it|forma|f
trans-mid
Japanese: 形, ��� (katachi); �, �� (kata)
Korean: 모� (moyang)
Polish: t+|pl|kszta�t|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|forma|f
Russian: t+|ru|�о�ма|f|trfórma|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|oblika|f
Spanish: t+|es|forma|f
Swedish: t+|sv|form|c
Telugu: t|te|��ార�|scTelu(aakaaram),t|te|���తి|scTelu (aakruti)
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trans-top|figure
Chinese: 形�, �形 (wàixíng)
Czech: t-|cs|tvar|m
Finnish: t+|fi|muoto
French: t+|fr|forme|f
Hebrew: he-translation|צ�ר�|tsurá f
trans-mid
German: t-|de|Form|f
Japanese: 形 (���, katachi); 形�(�����, keij�), 形�, ���� (keitai)
Slovene: t+|sl|oblika|f
Swedish: t+|sv|form|c
Telugu: t|te|��ార�|scTelu(aakaaram),t|te|���తి|scTelu(aakruti)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Catalan: forma
ttbc|Esperanto: formo
ttbc|Ido: formo
ttbc|Indonesian: bentuk
ttbc|Italian: forma
ttbc|Spanish: forma f

Etymology 2
Old English scieppan

Verb
en-verb|shapes|shaping|shaped|shaped or shapen

1. transitive To give something a shape and definition.

#:* Shape the dough into a pretzel.
#:* For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.
#*1932, The American Scholar, page 227, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa
#*: The professor never pretended to the academic prerogative of forcing his students into his own channels of reasoning; he entered into and helped shape the discussion but above all he made his men learn to think for themselves and rely upon their own intellectual judgments.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|give shape form, mold

Derived terms
shape up
shape up or ship out

Translations
trans-top|to give something a shape
Catalan: formar
Chinese: 使�形 (sh� chéngxíng)
Czech: utvá�et, formovat
Esperanto: t-|eo|formi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: muotoilla, muovata
German: t+|de|formen
Hebrew: he-translation|�עצ�|le`atsév
Ido: formacar
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Slovene: oblikovati
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