shape
Cross references:
1. make 2. form
1. shape \'sha-p\ vb [ME shapen, alter. of OE scieppan; akin to OHG skepfen
to sha]pe 1: FORM, CREATE; esp : to give a particular form or sh ape to obs
2: ORDAIN, DECREE 3: to cut out and fashion (as a garment) by a pattern
4a: DEVISE, PLAN 4b: to embody in definite form {shaping a folktale into
an epic} 5a: to make fit for : ADAPT 5b: to determine or direct the
course of (as life) 1: HAPPEN, BEFALL 2: to take on or approach a mature
form - often used with up - shap.er n
2. shape \.sha-pt\ n 1a: the visible makeup characteristic of a particular
item or kind of item 1b1: spatial form 1b2: a standard or universally
recognized spatial form 2: the appearance of the body as distinguished
from that of the face : MFIGURE 3a: PHANTOM, APPARITION 3b: assumed
appearance : GUISE 4: form of embodiment 5: a mode of existence or form
of being having identifying features 6: something having a particular form
7: the condition in which someone or something exists at a particular time
{in excellent ~ for his age} - shaped aj