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Shape [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Form or figure as constituted by lines and angles; as the shape of a horse or a tree; the shape of the head, hand or foot.

2. External appearance.

3. He beat me grievously in the shape of a woman. Shak .

4. The form of the trunk of the human boky; as a clumsy shape ; an elegant shape .

5. A being as endowed with form.

6. Before the gates are sat,

7. On either side, a formidable shape . Milton .

8. Idea; pattern.

9. Form. This application comes before the legislature in the shape of a memorial.

10. Manner.

Shape [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To square; to suit; to be adjusted.

Shape [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. preterit tense shaped ; participle passive shaped or shapen .

2. To form or create.

3. I was shapen in iniquity. Psalms 51:1 .

4. To mold or make into a particular form; to give form or figure to; as, to shape a garment.

5. Grace shap'd her limbs, and beauty deck'd her face. Prior .

6. To mold; to cast; to regulate; to adjust; to adapt to a purpose. He shapes his plans or designs to the temper of the times.

7. To direct; as, to shape a course.

8. To image; to conceive.

9. Oft my jealousy

10. Shapes faults that are not. Shak .

Shape [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

2. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

3. To image; to conceive; to body forth.

4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

5. Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

6. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

7. A model; a pattern; a mold.

8. Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

9. Dress for disguise; guise.

10. A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

11. A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

Shape [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Shaped [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Formed; molded; cast; conceived.

Shaped [Imperfect tense] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Shape

Shaped [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Shape

Shapeless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely.

Shapelessness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Destitution of regular form.

Shapeliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being shapely.

Shapely [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Well formed; having a regular shapr; symmetrical.

Shapely [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.

2. Fit; suitable.

Shapen [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

SHA'PEN ,

Shapen Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Shape

Shaper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.

2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object.

3. A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank.

4. A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc.

Shapesess [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Destitute of regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; as deformed and shapeless .

2. The shapeless rock or hanging precipice. Pope .

Shapesmith [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that undertakes to improve the form of the body. [ In burlesque .]

Form Roget’s Thesaurus §240

N. form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, # make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation

V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast, rough hew, rough cast, sketch, block out, hammer out, trim, lick into shape, put into shape, model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture, cast, stamp, build

Adj. formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable, &c. 149

Appearance Roget’s Thesaurus §448

N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration|, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en scene, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one's jib, metoposcopy, outside

V. appear, be visible, become visible, seem, look, show, present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of, look like, cut a figure, figure, present to the view, show

Adj. apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view

Adv. apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye

Phr. editio princeps

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Genesis 29:17

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

Exodus 20:25

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

Exodus 25:33

Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34

And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 37:19

Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Exodus 37:20

And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:

And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Numbers 11:8

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.

Deuteronomy 4:16

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

1 Kings 6:25

And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,

1 Kings 7:19

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.

1 Kings 7:22

And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.

1 Kings 7:23

And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

1 Kings 7:37

After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.

1 Kings 7:41

The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

1 Kings 7:42

And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

2 Chronicles 4:2

Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

2 Chronicles 4:12

To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

2 Chronicles 4:13

And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

Job 10:8

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Job 38:14

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.