shaped
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- //ʃeɪpt//
Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
adjective
- 1
Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
The shaped sides of the wardrobe give it a more attractive appearance.
- 2
Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
- 3
Designed for a particular person or thing.
a God-shaped hole in one's heart
Records showed the three security agents were already dead, which bore further investigation, but that was an Ibanez-shaped problem, and Lillian's problems were taller, leaner, and perhaps even meaner, so she focused on them instead.
- 4
Having a particularly pleasant or recognizable shape.
Etymology
From Middle English schaped, ischaped, equivalent to shape + -ed.
verb
- 1
Also a form of shapesimple past and past participle of shape
Forms
- comparative
- more shaped
- superlative
- most shaped
shaped · Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
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