Idioms for shape
take shape,
to assume a fixed form; become definite: The house is beginning to take shape.
Origin of shape
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English
gesceapu (plural); replacing dial.
shap, Middle English; Old English
gesceap (singular); cognate with Old Norse
skap state, mood; (v.) Middle English; Old English
sceapen (past participle); replacing Middle English
sheppe, shippe, Old English
sceppan,
scyppan; cognate with German
schaffen, Old Norse
skepja, Gothic
-skapjan to make
SYNONYMS FOR shape
4 specter, illusion.
7 order, pattern.
8 order, situation.
14 mold, model.
OTHER WORDS FROM shape
Words nearby shape
shanty,
shantytown,
shanxi,
shaoxing,
shaoyang,
shape,
shape note,
shape up,
shape-note singing,
shape-up,
shaped
Definition for shape (2 of 2)
SHAPE
or Shape
[ sheyp ]
/ ʃeɪp /
noun
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
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British Dictionary definitions for shape (1 of 2)
shape
/ (ʃeɪp) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of shape
shapable or shapeable, adjective shaper, nounWord Origin for shape
Old English
gesceap, literally: that which is created, from
scieppan to create; related to
sceap sexual organs, Old Norse
skap destiny, Old High German
scaf form
British Dictionary definitions for shape (2 of 2)
SHAPE
/ (ʃeɪp) /
n acronym for
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Idioms and Phrases with shape
shape