Definition of shape

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Shape (n.) Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape..

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Forge :: Forge (n.) To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation..
Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Like a spine in shape; slender.
Potgun :: Potgun (n.) A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.
Deform :: Deform (v. t.) To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel..
Bacillar :: Bacillar (a.) Shaped like a rod or staff.
Virgalieu :: Virgalieu (n.) A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne..
Earthstar :: Earthstar (n.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores..
Knee :: Knee (n.) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Phillipsite :: Phillipsite (n.) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite..
Spindletail :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots..
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body..
Cornu :: Cornu (n.) A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
Manubrial :: Manubrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.
Atheroid :: Atheroid (a.) Shaped like an ear of grain.
Bear''s-ear :: Bear's-ear (n.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf..
Swaggered :: Swage (v. t.) To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape..
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