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Meaning of shape | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ʃeɪp

Definitions

  1. conformity
  2. The status or condition of something
    countable, uncountable
  3. compliance
  4. To develop into a particular form or condition: This is shaping into one of the biggest scandals of the century.
  5. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
    countable, uncountable
  6. take shape, to assume a fixed or more complete form; become defined.
  7. A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
    countable, uncountable
  8. Form; formation.
    countable, uncountable
  9. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
  10. A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
    countable, uncountable
  11. having a certain shape. A rugby ball is egg-shaped. vormig على شَكْل оформен em forma de tvarovaný -förmig formet; -formet που έχει συγκεκριμένο σχήμα en forma de -kujuline شكل گرفته -muotoinen en forme de בְּצוּרַת- साकार, आकार युक्त imati oblik alakú berbentuk sem er með tiltekna lögun a forma di ~型の (~) 형태를 띤 formos (salikteņos) -veida; -formas berbentuk -vormig formet, form-, fasong- w kształcie ... شکل نیول em forma de în formă de имеющий определённую форму tvarovaný oblikovan u obliku f...
  12. A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
    countable, uncountable
  13. lacking shape. She wears a shapeless, baggy coat. vormloos عَديم الشَّكْل безформен disforme neforemný unförmig formløs άμορφος, ασχημάτιστος amorfo, sin forma definida vormitu بي شكل muodoton informe חֲסַר צוּרָה बेडौल, अनगढ़, भद्दा bezobličan alaktalan tak berbentuk formlaus informe ぶかっこうな 볼품 없는 beformis bezveidīgs tiada potongan vormloosuformelig bezkształtny بې ډوله، بې شكله sem forma fără formă бесформенный neforemný, beztvarý brezobličen bezobličan formlös, oformlig ซึ่งไม่มีรูปร่าง biç...
  14. A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
    countable, uncountable
  15. vormloosheid إنْعِدام الشَّكْل безформеност aspecto disforme beztvarost die Unförmigkeit uformelighed έλλειψη σχήματος aspecto amorfo vormitus بي شكلي muodottomuus caractère informe חוֹסֶר צוּרָה बेडौलपन, अनगढ़ता, भद्दापन bezobličnost alaktalanság keadaan tak berbentuk formleysi carattere informe 無定形 볼품 없음 formos stygius bezveidīgums ketiadaan bentuk vormloosheid uformelighet bezkształtność بی شکلی aspecto informe lipsa unei forme бесформенность beztvarosť brezobličnost bezoblično formlöshet,...
  16. A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  17. well-formed and having an attractive shape. She has long, shapely legs. goed gevormde حَسَن الشَّكْل، جَميل القِوام добре оформен bem proporcionado pěkně tvarovaný wohlgeformt velskabt; velformet καλοσχηματισμένος curvilíneo, proporcionado vormikas خوش تركيب kurvikas bien faitחטוב सुडौल, सुघड़, सुंदर skladan, lijep formás bentuknya fagurskapaður benfatto 形のよい 맵시 있는 gražios formos, dailus labi veidots; glīts ada potongan goedgevormd velskapt, veldreidzgrabny ښايسته، ډولي، ګلالى bem proporciona...
  18. A loaded die.
    countable, uncountable
  19. goed gevormdheid حُسْن الشَّكْل оформеност boas proporções pěkný tvar die Wohlgeformtheit velskabthed ομορφιά buenas proporciones nägusus خوش تركيبي kurvikkuus galbe יְפִי-מַראֶה सुडौलपन strojnost, skladnost jóalakúság keindahan fallegt sköpulag (proporzioni armoniose) 形のよさ 맵시 있음 dailumas samērīgums; glītums ada potongan goedgevormdheid god fasong, velskapthet zgrabność ښايسته boas proporçOes profil стройность pekný tvar skladnost skladno vacker form ความมีรูปร่างดี biçimlilik 身材勻稱 пропорційн...
  20. In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
    countable, uncountable
  21. at all. I don't accept bribes in any shape or form. geen أبدا، بأي شَكْلٍ من الأشْكال въобще de qualquer tipo v jakékoli formě gleich welcher Form under nogen form κανενός είδους (ή μορφής) del tipo que sea ei mingil moel به هر طريقي missään muodossa sous quelque forme que ce soit בְּכָל צוּרָה किसी भी तरह का u bilo kom obliku, bilo koje vrste egyáltalán sama sekali í hvaða (birtingar)mynd sem er (d'alcun genere) 決して(~ない) 어떤 형태로도 kokiu nors pavidalu, iš viso jebkurā veidā/formā dalam apa jua ...
  22. not in the proper shape. I sat on my hat and it's rather out of shape. het verkeerde vorm ليس في الشَّكْل الصَّحيح не съм във форма deformado deformovaný aus der Form ude af form στραπατσαρισμένος, που δεν έχει το κατάλληλο σχήμα deformado vormist väljas از شكل در آمده muodoton déformé לְקַלקֵל צוּרָה अच्छी हालत में नहीं izvan forme, iskrivljen elormátlanodott rusak færður úr lagi sformato 形がくずれて 모양이 엉망이 되어 beformis, praradęs formą bezveidīgs; zaudējis formu hilang bentuk asalnya uit zijn mod...

Equivalents

العربية أشكال الشكل شكل صورة
Azərbaycanca forma şəkil
Беларуская форма
বাংলা রূপ সুরত
Català forma formar
Čeština forma stav tvář tvarovat utvářet
Cymraeg cyflwr ffurf llunio siâp siapio
Deutsch Form formen Gestalt Zustand
Ελληνικά μορφή
Esperanto formi formo
Español conformidad estado figura forma talle
Eesti vorm
Français donner une forme forme former shape
Gaeilge cruth cum
Gàidhlig cor cruth cumadh staid
Galego forma
עברית מצב עיצב צורה
हिन्दी आकार रूप शक्ल
Magyar alak forma
Հայերեն ձև վիճակ
Bahasa Indonesia bentuk
Íslenska form
日本語 ようす 形作る 形式 様子
Қазақша нысан пішін
한국어 모양 형식
Kurdî cor cum çûm durum form stare
Кыргызча кеп
Latina figura fingō fōrma formo
ລາວ ຮູບ
Lietuvių forma
Te Reo Māori āhuahanga
Македонски облик
Монгол хэлбэр
Bahasa Melayu bentuk
မြန်မာဘာသာ ပု
Nederlands conditie fysiek staat status toestand vorm
Português condição estado forma modelar shape
Română forma modela stare
Slovenčina tvár
Slovenščina oblika
Shqip formë
Kiswahili umbo
Тоҷикӣ сурат шакл
Türkmençe şekil
Tagalog hugis
ئۇيغۇرچە شەكىل
اردو روپ شکل
Oʻzbekcha shakl
Tiếng Việt hình hình dáng hình thức

Examples

“The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book.”
“The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.”
“We exercise to keep in good physical shape.”
“What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?”
“No design right can exist in features of appearance of a product which are solely dictated by the product's technical function (see Dyson Ltd v Vax Ltd [2010] EWHC 1923 (Pat) which held the shape of the Dyson vacuum cleaner to be unregisterable as it was purely functional) [...]”
“Your head is a funny shape, rather oblong.”
“What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events?”
“A formal feature indicating a pre-Roman origin is word-final i, which is rare in the inherited nominal and adjectival lexicon. On the basis of this we may conclude that ispéli is likely the original shape of this word.”
“And if I 'm late for supper there 's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there is a little rhubarb and shape.”
“It was brawn and shape for high tea.”
“A top cheater seldom ever uses shapes or loaded dice because they do not assure you of winning.”

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