English Dictionary

shape

/ʃeɪp/

verb

(Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make. / (transitive) To give something a shape and definition. / To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

She shapes the dough into a circle.

意味（1）

(Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.

Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.

意味（2）

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

The professor never pretended to the academic prerogative of forcing his students into his own channels of reasoning; he entered into and helped shape the discussion but above all he made his men learn to think for themselves and rely upon their own intellectual judgments.

意味（3）

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

Mature the Virgin was of Egypt's Race: / Grace ſhap'd her Limbs; and Beauty deck'd her Face: […]

意味（4）

(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

意味（5）

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

The more of you 'twas felt, the more it shap'd / Unto my end of stealing them

意味（6）

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not.