Definition of shape

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Shape (n.) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

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Amoeboid :: Amoeboid (a.) Resembling an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba.
Arch :: Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed..
Saddle-shaped :: Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.
Pear-shaped :: Pear-shaped (a.) Of the form of a pear.
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
Misshape :: Misshape (v. t.) To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform.
Proteus :: Proteus (n.) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.
Bacilliform :: Bacilliform (a.) Rod-shaped.
Yaws :: Yaws (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws..
Hood :: Hood (v. t.) To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
Hippocrepiform :: Hippocrepiform (a.) Shaped like a horseshoe.
Ichthyomorphous :: Ichthyomorphous (a.) Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria..
Fiddle :: Fiddle (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
Caperberry :: Caperberry (n.) The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment..
Formation :: Formation (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
Forked :: Forked (a.) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting..
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim..
Lunulet :: Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects..
Claviform :: Claviform (a.) Club-shaped; clavate.
Clavicorn :: Clavicorn (a.) Having club-shaped antennae. See Antenna.
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