Word: shape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaskap Old English ġesċeap Proto-Germanic *skapą Proto-West Germanic *skap Old English sċeap Middle English schap English shape From Middle English schap, schape, from Old English ġesceap (“shape, form, created being, creature, creation, dispensation, fate, condition, sex, gender, genitalia”), from Proto-West Germanic *ga- + *skap, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *skapą (“shape, nature, condition”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). The verb is from Middle English shapen, schapen, from Old English scieppan (“to shape, form, make, create, assign, arrange, destine, order, adjudge”), from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to create”), from the noun. The noun is cognate with Middle Dutch schap (“form”), Middle High German geschaf (“creature”), Icelandic skap (“state, condition, temper, mood”). The verb is cognate with Dutch scheppen, German schaffen, Swedish skapa (“create, make”), Norwegian Bokmål skape (“create”). Doublet of -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ̯p/, [ˈʃeɪ̯p] 1. The status or condition of something Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book. 2. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in. Example: We exercise to keep in good physical shape. 3. A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds? Example: No design right can exist in features of appearance of a product which are solely dictated by the product's technical function (see Dyson Ltd v Vax Ltd [2010] EWHC 1923 (Pat) which held the shape of the Dyson vacuum cleaner to be unregisterable as it was purely functional) [...] 4. Form; formation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your head is a funny shape, rather oblong. Example: What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events? 5. A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: And if I 'm late for supper there 's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there is a little rhubarb and shape. Example: It was brawn and shape for high tea. 9. A loaded die. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A top cheater seldom ever uses shapes or loaded dice because they do not assure you of winning. 10. In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type. Labels: countable, uncountable