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shaped adjective [ ʃeɪpt ]

• having a defined external form or outline.
• "an enclosed back garden with a shaped lawn"

shape verb

• give a particular shape or form to.
• "most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone"
Similar: form, fashion, make, create, mould, model, cast, frame, sculpt, sculpture, block, carve, cut, hew, whittle,
• (of a sports player or athlete) take up a stance or set oneself to perform a particular action.
• "I had plenty of time and shaped to kick to the near touchline"
Origin: Old English gesceap ‘external form’, also ‘creation’, sceppan ‘create’, of Germanic origin.

in shape

• in good physical condition.
• "to play this game well, you have to be in shape"


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