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
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British Dictionary definitions for shaping (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 shaping (2 of 2)
SHAPE
/ (ʃeɪp) /
n acronym for
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Medical definitions for shaping
shaping
[ shā′pĭng ]
n.
A technique that is used in operant conditioning in which the behavior is modified by stepwise reinforcement of behaviors that produce progressively closer approximations of the desired behavior.
Idioms and Phrases with shaping
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