shaped
/ʃeipt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a particular shape or form: Describes something that has been given a specific form or outline.
- Fashioned or formed: Describes something that has been molded, crafted, or adapted to a particular shape or purpose.
Usage
- Used to describe the physical form of an object.
- Often follows a noun or adverb that specifies the type of shape (e.g., pear-shaped, L-shaped).
- Can describe something that has been intentionally formed or influenced.
Examples
- The artist worked with pieces of glass to create the mosaic.
- The garden features a beautifully topiary.
- Her career was by her early experiences.
- The data is presented in a bell- curve.
Advanced Usage
- "shaped by": Influenced or formed by something.
- His worldview was profoundly shaped by his travels.
- "shaped like": Having a form similar to something else.
- The cloud was shaped like a dragon.
Variants and Related Words
- Shape (n/v): The external form or contour of an object; to give form to.
- Noun: The shape of the vase was elegant.
- Verb: He used his hands to shape the clay.
- Shapely (adj): Having an attractive or pleasing shape.
- She has shapely legs.
- Shapeless (adj): Lacking a definite or attractive shape.
- He wore a shapeless old sweater.
Synonyms
- Formed: Given a structure or shape.
- Molded: Shaped in a mold or given form.
- Contoured: Shaped to follow the contours of something.
- Fashioned: Made into a particular form.
Antonyms
- Shapeless: Lacking a definite shape.
- Amorphous: Without a clearly defined shape or form.
- Formless: Lacking a distinct structure.
Phrases and Collocations
- Well-shaped: Having a good or attractive form.
- He has well-shaped features.
- Oddly-shaped: Having a strange or unusual form.
- The room was oddly-shaped and difficult to furnish.
- Pre-shaped: Already formed into a specific shape before use.
- The kit includes pre-shaped wooden pieces.
Adjective
- having the shape of
- a square shaped playing field
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- a shaped handgrip
- the molded steel plates
- the wrought silver bracelet