shop
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skup-
Old English scoppa
Middle English shoppe
English shop
From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“shed”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.
Inflected forms:
form: shops
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shops
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shopping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shopped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shopped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: From shop to shop
 Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
 The polished counter.
gloss: A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A tailor called me in his shop.
I just left Dannemora and the same thing is happening here at Auburn prison […] They don't want to put me in the plate shop or let me have a good paying job.
gloss: A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The car's in the shop right now.
gloss: Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Discussion of business or professional affairs.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
examples: What struck me about the occasion was the quiet though cheerful tone of the gathering, the restraint, noticeable also in the very few speeches. Chemistry was taboo, by common consent — no "shop" allowed.
But Mary cut her short.
"We don't allow shop at tea, Sally," she said firmly.
Nothing but shop was ever talked on any of these occasions. I am sure these close relationships were necessary for the conduct of the war, and I could not have grasped the whole position without them.
gloss: A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skills.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a barber shop
gloss: An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This is where I do my weekly shop.
gloss: The collective items bought (or to be bought) on a shopping trip.
pos: noun
tags: UK
colloquial
countable
uncountable
examples: I’ve got a big shop, so feel free to go in front.
gloss: To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Why don’t you come shopping for gifts with me, early before the Christmas rush?
He’s (gone) shopping for clothes.
gloss: To browse or purchase products from (a catalog, an internet website, etc.), mostly from home.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Shop our new arrivals.
You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques. Then the first crash hits — you no longer have the money to shop your favorite boutiques.
gloss: To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
pos: verb
tags: UK
slang
transitive
examples: He shopped his mates in to the police.
gloss: To imprison.
pos: verb
tags: UK
slang
transitive
gloss: To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
transitive
gloss: To dismiss from employment.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
slang
transitive
gloss: To investigate or evaluate as a mystery shopper.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
transitive
examples: A grocery clerk who, after he had been "shopped" on occasions, was discharged because he had admitted that on one occasion he had not rung up a sale immediately after the transaction, as required by the company rule, but had recorded it later when he had remembered it, held discharged, but not for misconduct connected with his work […]
Because mystery shoppers' reports are presented to employees some time (often several days) after they have "been shopped," employees may not be able to recall who the mystery shopper was, even after the fact — and, consequently, they may be unable to judge the accuracy and fairness of these reports.
Synonyms: retail outlet
store
metal shop
metalwork
machine shop
Related words: shoppe
Derived words: outshop
shop around
shoppability
shoppable
shopper
shop till you drop
unshopped
vaccine-shop
window shopping
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