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Adjective shaped has 2 senses
- shaped, molded, wrought - shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip"; "the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet"
Antonym: unformed (indirect, via formed)
- shaped - having the shape of; "a square shaped playing field"
Verb shape has 3 senses
- determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
--1 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
--2 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- shape, form - give a shape or form to; "shape the dough"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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