Definition of shape

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Shape (v. i.) To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

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Cymbiform :: Cymbiform (a.) Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses..
Genipap :: Genipap (n.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice..
Smithing :: Smithing (n.) The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape..
Semiorbicular :: Semiorbicular (a.) Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.
Amorphous :: Amorphous (a.) Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
Piraya :: Piraya (n.) A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth..
Anchor :: Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta..
Trough :: Trough (n.) Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc..
Clump :: Clump (n.) An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Horse :: Horse (n.) A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment..
Helmeted :: Helmeted (a.) Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.
Mascled :: Mascled (a.) Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions..
Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root..
Bacilliform :: Bacilliform (a.) Rod-shaped.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Pillwort :: Pillwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass..
Shape :: Shape (n.) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Asterism :: Asterism (n.) An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica..
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