shape

shape is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. noun. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.
2. noun. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.
3. noun. To image; to conceive; to body forth.
4. noun. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.
5. intransitive verb. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
6. noun. 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.
7. noun. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.
8. noun. A model; a pattern; a mold.
9. noun. Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.
10. noun. Dress for disguise; guise.
11. noun. A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
12. noun. A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
13. noun. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

    "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"

    Synonyms: form

14. noun. the visual appearance of something or someone

    "the delicate cast of his features"

    Synonyms: cast, form

15. noun. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

    "he could barely make out their shapes"

    Synonyms: configuration, conformation, contour, form

16. noun. alternative names for the body of a human being

    "Leonardo studied the human body"

    "he has a strong physique"

    Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, physique, soma

17. noun. a perceptual structure

    "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"

    "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"

    Synonyms: form, pattern

18. noun. a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

    "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"

    Synonyms: embodiment

19. noun. the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe
20. noun. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

    Synonyms: condition

21. verb. give shape or form to

    "shape the dough"

    "form the young child's character"

    Synonyms: form

22. verb. shape or influence; give direction to

    "experience often determines ability"

    "mold public opinion"

    Synonyms: determine, influence, mold, regulate

23. verb. make something, usually for a specific function

    "She molded the rice balls carefully"

    "Form cylinders from the dough"

    Synonyms: forge, form, mold, mould, work

Synonyms

form, cast, configuration, conformation, contour, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, physique, soma, pattern, embodiment, condition, determine, influence, mold, regulate, forge, mould, work

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shape:

ephas, heaps, pesah, phase

Common word forms

shaped, shaper, shapes, shapely, shaping, shapeful, shapeable, shapeless

Words from these letters

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