A definite distinctive form: "The bomb gave the shape of life, outer and inner, an irreversible charge; a sense of fatefulness would now lie on all things” ( Alfred Kazin).
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A desirable form: a fabric that holds its shape.
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A form or condition in which something may exist or appear; embodiment: a god in the shape of a swan.
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A ghostly form; a phantom.
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Assumed or false appearance; guise.
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phrasal-verb
Shape up Informal To turn out; develop.
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Shape up To improve so as to meet a standard: Either shape up or ship out.
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verb-transitive
To adapt to a particular use or purpose; adjust.
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To cause to conform to a particular form or pattern; adapt to fit.
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To direct the course of: "He shaped history as well as being shaped by it” ( Robert J. Samuelson).
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To embody in a definite form: shaped a folk legend into a full-scale opera.
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To give a particular form to; create.
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verb-intransitive
To come to pass; happen.
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To take on a definite shape or form. Often used with up or into.
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