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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Mould :: Mould (v. t.) To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.
Fleawort :: Fleawort (n.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds..
Protean :: Protean (a.) Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule..
Kitcat :: Kitcat (n.) A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood, called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat..
Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..
Gong :: Gong (n.) An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise..
Figure :: Figure (n.) To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape..
Globeflower :: Globeflower (n.) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers..
Virgalieu :: Virgalieu (n.) A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne..
Figure :: Figure (n.) The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Gable :: Gable (n.) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like..
Profile :: Profile (n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like..
Fit :: Fit (v. t.) To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required..
Awned :: Awned (a.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded..
Jigger :: Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
Plasm :: Plasm (n.) A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
Rubblework :: Rubblework (n.) Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.
Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
Helmet-shaped :: Helmet-shaped (a.) Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.
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