Meaning Of Shape

n.

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

n.

To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

n.

To image; to conceive; to body forth.

n.

To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

v. i.

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

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.

n.

That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

n.

A model; a pattern; a mold.

n.

Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

n.

Dress for disguise; guise.

n.

A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

n.

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