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Another word for shape

Noun

  1. The external outline of a thing

    2. See also:

    surface

  2. A state of sound readiness

    3. See also:

    better

Another word for shape

Verb

  1. To give form to by or as if by pressing and kneading

    2. See also:

    surface

  2. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials

    3. See also:

    make

  3. To create by combining parts or elements

    4. See also:

    make

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Another word for shape

Noun

  1. Form

    2. See also:

    form

    appearance

  2. An actual form

    3. See also:

    mold

  3. A phantom

    4. See also:

    ghost

  4. Condition

Another word for shape

Verb

  1. To give shape

    2. See also:

    form

  2. To take shape

    3. See also:

    make

    grow

    form

Idioms:

    out-of-shape

    2. take-shape

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Sentence Examples

  • The dream took shape as it did every night.

  • The shape was the important aspect.

  • It isn't going to get any easier, so I'd better shape up.

  • By the end of October this kind of warfare had taken definite shape: it had become clear to all what could be ventured against the French and what could not.

  • He's in bad shape, but he's alive.

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