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adj. 1. (Botany) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- sagittate, sagittiform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Shaped like an awl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a sphere.
Syn. -- global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj.Very angry; very disturbed. [ PJC ]

a. (Bot.) See Cymbiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. cylindrical, tapering at each end; having the shape of a cigar.
Syn. -- fusiform, spindle-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pectinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Shaped like or approximately like a cube.
Syn. -- cubelike, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. shaped like a cup.
Syn. -- cupular, cupulate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having the shape of an ear.
Syn. -- auriform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
Syn. -- elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- pandurate, panduriform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. for- + shape, v.t. ] To render misshapen. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hastate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the shape of a heart; cordate; -- of a leaf shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; as, an ill-shapen vase.
Syn. -- deformed, distorted, malformed, misshapen. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf; a kidney-shaped swimming pool. Gray. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a linear shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform. “Figures monstrous and misshaped.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a bad or ugly form. “The mountains are misshapen.” Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mis*shap"en*ly, adv. -- Mis*shap"en*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the form of a pear. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shape again. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a saddle. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Shaped p. p. Shaped or Shapen p. pr. & vb. n. Shaping. ] [ OE. shapen, schapen, AS. sceapian. The p. p. shapen is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. sceapen. See Shape, n. ] 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the stream, when neither friends, nor force,
Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire,
And shape my foolishness to their desire. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas). [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Oft my jealousy
Shapes faults that are not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

When shapen was all this conspiracy,
From point to point. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shaping machine. (Mach.) Same as Shaper. --
To shape one's self, to prepare; to make ready. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will early shape me therefor. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen, Icer. skapa, skepja, Dan. skabe, skaffe, Sw. skapa, skaffa, Goth. gaskapjan, and perhaps to E. shave, v. Cf. -ship. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the gates three sat,
On either side, a formidable shape. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A model; a pattern; a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Dress for disguise; guise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Look better on this virgin, and consider
This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing
In a Greekish dress. Messinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Iron Manuf.) (a) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. (b) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take shape, to assume a definite form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely. -- Shape"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. Pope. [1913 Webster]

n. The quality or state of being shapely. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Shapelier superl. Shapeliest. ] 1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn,
The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the shapely column stood. Couper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fit; suitable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Shaply for to be an alderman. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; (a) (Metal Working) A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank. (b) (Wood Working) A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the shape of a spindle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Engin. & Arch.) The shape of a member especially adapted to structural purposes, esp. in giving the greatest strength with the least material. Hence, Colloq., any steel or iron member of such shape, as channel irons, I beams, T beams, etc., or, sometimes, a column, girder, etc., built up with such members. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Bot.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of a thread; filiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]