What is a word shape

noun. the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure. something seen in outline, as in silhouette: A vague shape appeared through the mist.

What type of noun is shape?

shape. [countable, uncountable] the form of the outer edges or surfaces of something; an example of something that has a particular form a rectangular shape The pool was in the shape of a heart. The island was originally circular in shape. Squares, circles, and triangles are types of shapes.

Is shaped a word?

adjective. of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U-shaped driveway. designed to fit a particular form, body, or contour: a shaped garment.

Is round a noun?

round (noun) round (verb) round (preposition) go–round (noun)

What are the shape names?

Basic Shape Names

• Nonagon.
• Octagon.
• Heptagon.
• Hexagon.
• Triangle.
• Scalene triangle.
• Right triangle.
• Parallelogram.

What is a antonym for shape?

Antonyms of SHAPE destroy, deform, material, raze, raw material, substance, neglect, stuff, ruin, difference, stop, lose, dismantle, demolish, matter, reality, composition, disorganize, disrepair.

What is opposite of shape?

Opposite of to give a particular shape or form to. deform. demolish. destroy. dismantle.

What word describes the best of the best?

best of the best

• aristocracy.
• beau monde.
• beautiful people.
• haut monde.
• high society.
• pick of the litter.
• upper class.
• upper crust.

What is a word for the absolute best?

• prime,
• superb,
• superior,
• superlative,
• terrific,
• top,
• top-notch,
• unsurpassed.

What is another word for birth?

What is another word for birth?

conception	childbirth
nascence	parturition
birthing	delivery
accouchement	travail
childbearing	confinement

What is another name for friends?

SYNONYMS FOR friend

• 1 comrade, chum, crony, confidant.
• 2 backer, advocate.
• 4 ally, associate, confrere, compatriot.

What are words for friends?

Synonyms & Antonyms of friend

• alter ego,
• amigo,
• buddy,
• chum,
• compadre,
• comrade,
• confidant,
• confidante,

What’s another name for friends?

What is another word for friend?

companion	intimate
workmate	ally
comrade	associate
sister	brother
pal	buddy

Who is called a friend?

A friend is one who admires a person’s skill and helps or encourages them to make the right choices and do not get into any trouble at all. The strength of the bond of friendship between two people can vary. If the bond is very strong, they are called best friends.

How do you call a friend in English?

Fun ways to say “friend” in English

1. Mate. The word “mate” is a very British word which means “friend”.
2. Buddy. “Buddy” in the United Kingdom is a very popular boy dog’s name, however in the United States, it’s an endearing term for a close friend.
3. Pal.
4. Chum.
5. Bezzie.

How do you address a friend?

Welcome to the Slangpedia entry on friends!

1. Dawg: A friend, or perhaps a close friend.
2. Amigo: Spanish for “friend”, but used as slang for friend in many English-speaking countried.
3. Chum: A close friend.
4. Bestie: Short for “best friend”.
5. Biffle: Comes from the acronym “BFFL” meaning “best friends for life”.

Can I say my dear to a man?

1. Never, ever, refer to a work, superior, judge or other such person as “dear.” 2. Men do not address other men as “dear.”

What is group of friends called?

A group of friends can be called a band, a gang, team, family, community, crew, order, circle, brother/sisterhood, clique, league, party, posse, crowd or tribe.

Can we say dear for girl?

Dear can also called for friend ,close friend and also some times for gf/bf . so from this word cant judge too much… Its means casually. Writing “Dear Sir/Madam”, or saying something comparable is just polite usage.

Previous chapter: introduction

Next chapter: paragraphs and pixels

High-quality design can only happen if technology allows it, thus I make
a distinction between design for a language and support for a
language. The former deals with design quality while the latter
describes the technological requirements for even attempting to achieve
quality. In the digital context, language support means the software
ability to type, encode, and render texts on screens or printers.
Diverse scripts pose diverse and often complex requirements when it
comes to rendering. This chapter discusses digital texts at the level of
codes, moving from keys to characters and words. The next chapter will
deal with paragraph composition and rasterization, i.e. the conversion
of vector contours to pixels. Keeping with the spirit of this series, I
will try to generalise from the intricate specifics to provide an
introductory overview. See further reading and references for detailed descriptions of contemporary solutions.

From shapes to codes

Most modern software represents texts as sequences of numeric code
points that correspond to individual characters from a script. The code points are listed in a shared database called an encoding that serves as a key for interpreting those code points as characters. The most commonly used encoding today is probably
Unicode which covers a great
majority of the world’s scripts and is regularly updated (The Unicode
Standard, 2021).

Many pre-Unicode encodings for the Latin script represented characters
as 8-bit code points, i.e. one byte per character, and therefore could
not include more than 256 code points. Due to this limitation, encodings
were devised based on the needs of a particular script, language, or a
small group of languages. For example, the
ISO-8859-1
encoding has 224 code points which cater primarily for West-European
languages.

The use of a wrong 8-bit encoding would lead to a character mismatch
(see Table 1) or other text processing errors. Unicode solves this issue
by providing a singular database that can contain a multitude of
character code points (The Unicode Standard, 2021, p. 14). As a
consequence, Unicode allows for multilingual and multi-scriptural texts,
almost universally.

Encoding	Text
Central European (ISO 8859–2)	Vícejazyčná přednáška
Western European (ISO 8859–1)	Vícejazyèná pøedná¹ka
Baltic (ISO 8859–4)	Vícejazyčná pøednáška

The ability to encode texts is an essential requirement for language use
on computers from typing and word processing to online search.
Therefore, due to Unicode’s dominance, the inclusion of all necessary
characters in its database is a de facto requirement for the languages’
survival in the digital environment.

In order to assign code points to characters, researchers working with
Unicode deliberately look away from region-specific, language-specific,
and individual preferences regarding the character shapes and script use
(The Unicode Standard, 2021, p. 15). As these preferences can be
disputed and evolve, their inclusion in Unicode can be challenging.
Also, it may be hard or even impossible to establish who has authority
over the appearance of a particular script or language.

This leaves designers with yet another research challenge: when
designing for a specific audience, they need to become familiar with
various visual preferences that exist outside Unicode’s specification
and choose those appropriate for the job. Typically, this is a question
of choosing the right font or setting the font so it produces required
character shapes (see Table 2).

Language	Characters
Code point	0414	041B	0432	0433	0434	0436	0437	0438
Ukrainian shape preference	Д	Л	в	г	д	ж	з	и
Bulgarian shape preference	Д	Л	в	г	д	ж	з	и
Code point	043A	043B	043F	0442	0446	0448	0449	044E
Ukrainian shape preference	к	л	п	т	ц	ш	щ	ю
Bulgarian shape preference	к	л	п	т	ц	ш	щ	ю

From keys to codes

In order to type digital texts using a keyboard, you need a keyboard
layout that maps the keys on the keyboard to corresponding code points.
A language or script can have multiple keyboard layouts that correspond
to different conventions or encodings (see Figure 1). Contemporary operating systems allow users to switch between these layouts effortlessly and type texts in multiple scripts.

Many languages require large repertoires of code points that cannot all
fit on a single keyboard. The keyboard layouts address this by providing
control keys, such as Shift or Alt, and a dead-key mechanism that
increase the number of code points accessible through a single keyboard.
Consequently, pressing multiple keys (at the same time or sequentially)
can result in an input of one or more code points. Alternatively, a
single key can input multiple code points (see Figure 2).

When using an on-screen keyboard (or similar input method) on
touch-screen devices, such as phones or tablets, the keyboard appearance
changes completely to show relevant characters.

When using a physical keyboard connected to a computer and originally
designed for a single language, you can still switch among multiple
layouts. However, the use of scripts that are not represented on the key
labels may feel like a blind man’s buff game. This can be helped with an
on-screen keyboard preview.

Notably, there are other input methods besides keyboards, such as
handwriting recognition, predictive completion, or speech-to-text
processing. However, in Unicode-based environments, each of these
methods produces a sequence of code points for further processing.

From codes to word shapes

Rendering a text into its visual representation is coordinated across an
operating system, fonts used, and a typesetting application. It is
important to note that specific software implementations may approach
text rendering differently which makes it challenging to ensure good
support and quality control. However, the goal stays the same:
converting sequences of code points into word shapes (clusters of
character shapes) following the orthographic principles of a given
script and combining these words into paragraphs.

These are the key software components involved in text rendering:

• a digital font that controls the visual appearance of the individual
  characters. A font contains a collection of geometric shape descriptions
  (glyphs) that typically consist of contours constructed from beziér
  curves. Additionally, a font also includes instructions regarding the
  glyphs’ positioning and instructions for their combination. Some of the
  glyphs are mapped onto code points directly while others serve as
  alternatives or parts that are assigned through programmed instructions
  in the font. In order to support a language properly, a font needs to
  cover necessary code points and include instructions that help to
  represent the corresponding script correctly during shaping.
• a shaping engine that combines the glyphs from a font to compose words
  while relying on the instructions in the font and following the script’s
  orthographic principles.
• a paragraph composer that sets words one after the other and deals with line-breaking, paragraph alignment, justification, hyphenation, and other operations that relate to paragraph setting. Paragraph composition will be discussed in the next chapter.

To provide a simple example: rendering of an English word means that
a sequence of code points is converted into glyphs which are laid out
one by one, set from left to right following the writing direction (see
Figure 3). However, the orthographic principles of many world’s
scripts are more diverse which means that text rendering can get very
complex. The following will discuss some of the challenges that need to
be dealt with when rendering these scripts.

Note that while it is useful to discuss word shaping first, the shaping
engine and paragraph composition are linked and influence each other,
e.g. when hyphenating words at the end of a line.

Firstly, the shaping engine has to consider the directionality of a
script, i.e. the writing direction and the general order of the characters in a word (horizontal: left-to-right, right-to-left, or vertical: top-to-bottom). See Figure 4 for selected examples.

Secondly, the shaping engine has to deal with code-point-to-glyph
mapping and glyph interactions. The mapping between code points and
glyphs is not direct: a single code point can be represented by one or
more glyphs and a single glyph can represent multiple code points.
Moreover, the way a code point is represented may depend on the context.
In Arabic, for example, the same code point may be translated into a
different glyph depending on the joining behaviour of the character the
code point represents and its immediately adjacent characters (see
Figure 5). This is a technical solution used to represent the natural
connecting behaviour of the Arabic script. Moreover, multiple code
points can be represented by a single glyph, a so-called ligature (see
Figure 6). These kinds of mappings are implemented using additional
instructions in the font. Note that
ligatures are a required orthographic principle of some scripts, such as
Arabic or Devanagari, while they are optional for others, such as Latin.

The mapping complexities are handled through the programmed instructions
in the font.

It is worth noting that code points might be in a different order to
what is useful for their visual representation. In this case, the
typesetting software performs glyph reordering to streamline the
organisation of glyphs based on their intended visual position rather
than on the phonetically-informed order of the input code points
(see Figure 7).

Thirdly, the glyphs need to be positioned relative to each other. The
position of each glyph is defined by its boundaries, both vertical and
horizontal (see Figure 8). These are represented as rectangles in the figures in this chapter. The boundaries of adjacent glyphs are aligned in the writing direction by default. Glyphs’ positions can be further adjusted using three different concepts:

• kerning (or conditional spacing adjustment) typically defines
  additional horizontal or vertical adjustment for a pair (or a larger
  group) of adjacent glyphs. See Figure 9.
• mark positioning defines the position of a glyph (mark) relative to
  another glyph (base glyph such as a letter or even another mark). The
  boundaries of the mark glyph are ignored in this process. See Figure 10.
• cursive attachment defines the position of adjacent glyphs by aligning
  predefined attachment points on each glyph. In this case the vertical
  and horizontal position of the glyphs can change and their boundaries
  are set to align with the attachment points. See Figure 11.

The application of these concepts may depend on the context formed by
the adjacent glyphs.

A discussion of language support would not be complete without an
overview of the requirements of paragraph composition and potential
pitfalls in the conversion of contours to pixels. These will be covered
in the next chapter.

I would like to thank John Hudson for his suggestions on an early draft
of this chapter.

Further Reading

Allsorts : Font parser, shaping engine, and subsetter for OpenType,
WOFF, and WOFF2 implemented in Rust. (2022). The most recent version
available from https://github.com/yeslogic/allsorts

Berry, J. (Ed.) (2002). Language culture type : international type
design in the age of Unicode. ATypI and Graphis.

Esfahbod, B. et al. (2022). HarfBuzz manual. The most recent version
available from https://harfbuzz.github.io/index.html

Graphite : A free and open rendering engine for complex scripts.
(2013). SIL International. The most recent version available from
https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=projects&item_id=graphite_home

TrueType Reference Manual. (n d.). Apple Inc. The most recent version
available from https://developer.apple.com/fonts/TrueType-Reference-Manual/

Vadgama, K. (2020) Rendering complex scripts in digital spaces : the
development of layout and shaping technologies for complex script and
language representation and consequent approaches to type design.
University of Reading. Unpublished dissertation available on request
from the author (https://www.keyavadgama.com).

References

Hudson, J. (2000). Windows glyph processing. An OpenType primer.
Retrieved 22. 2. 2022, from http://www.microsoft.com/typography/developers/opentype/default.htm

Karaivanov, B. За българската форма на кирилица [On the Bulgarian form
of Cyrillic]. Lecture at SoftUni Creative on 15 April 2021.

OpenType® Specification (Version 1.9.) (2021). Microsoft Corp. The
most recent version available from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/

The Unicode Standard (Version 14.0). (2021). The
Unicode Consortium. The most recent version is available from
http://unicode.org

Здравствуйте читатели блога scriptcoding.ru. Сегодня мы рассмотрим работу с классом Shape, который представляет фигуры для ворда.

Объекты Shape показывают как в ворде сделать фигуру заданного типа, например, как авто-фигуры, элементы WordArt, линии, выноски и так далее. Фактически, Shape является переходным звеном между коллекцией Shapes, которая предоставляет методы для вставки в документ графических фигур ворд, которые позволяют форматировать конкретный тип.

В прошлой статье мы рассмотрели коллекцию Shapes и ее методы, теперь настало время разобраться с классами Shape. Данный класс содержит в своем составе много методов и свойств, которые позволяют или форматировать конкретную фигуру ворд (размер, положение и так далее), или получить ссылку на другой объект (коллекцию), который позволяет более тщательно обработать графическую ворд фигуру.

В этой статье мы рассмотрим только описание методов и свойств класса Shape, а самим программированием займемся в следующих статьях.

Shape – фигуры для word

Свойства – как в ворде сделать фигуру

AlternativeText— Вернет или задает альтернативный текст, связанный с фигурой в ворд.

AutoShapeType— Вернет или задает тип фигуры для указанного Shape, который должен представлять другие автофигуры. Значение константы MsoAutoShapeType.

BackgroundStyle— Устанавливает или возвращает стиль фона для заданной фигуры в ворд. Значения константы MsoBackgroundStyleIndex.

Child— True, если фигура является дочерней или, если все фигуры в диапазоне являются дочерними одного и того же родителя. Только чтение.

HasChart— True, если указанная фигура ворд является диаграммой. Только чтение.

HasSmartArt— True, если ворд фигура является схемой SmartArt. Только чтение.

Heightи Width— Вернет или задает высоту или ширину.

HeightRelativeи WidthRelativ— Возвращает или определяет процент относительной высоты или ширины.

HorizontalFlipи VerticalFlip– True – если форма переворачивалась вокруг горизонтальной или вертикальной оси. Только чтение.

RelativeHorizontalPosition– Задает или вернет относительное горизонтальное положение фигуры в ворд. Значение константы WdRelativeHorizontalPosition.

RelativeVerticalPosition— Определяет относительное вертикальное положение формы. Значение константы WdRelativeVerticalPosition.

ID— Идентификатор заданной ворд фигуры. Только чтение.

LayoutInCell— True — указывает, что заданная фигура для ворда отображается внутри таблицы. False — вне таблицы.

Left— Горизонтальное положение в пунктах, для заданной фигуры или диапазона фигур. Чтение и запись. Может также быть любым допустимым значением константы WdShapePosition.

Top— Вертикальное положение заданной фигуры для Word или диапазона фигур в пунктах. Чтение и запись.

TopRelativeи LeftRelative– Относительная верхняя или левая позиция. Запись и чтение.

Name— Имя фигуры для word. Запись и чтение.

RelativeHorizontalSize— Возвращает или задает значение константы WdRelativeHorizontalSize, представляющей объект, к которому относится диапазон фигур.

RelativeVerticalSize— Возвращает или задает значение константы WdRelativeVerticalSize, представляющей относительный вертикальный размер.

Rotation— Возвращает или устанавливает число градусов для поворота.

ShapeStyle— Возвращает или задает стиль. Значение константы MsoShapeStyleIndex.

Title— Возвращает или задает строку, содержащую название заголовка.

Type— Возвращает тип фигуры для Word. Только чтение, значение константы MsoShapeType.

Vertices— Возвращает координаты вершин и контрольные точки для кривых Безье в виде ряда координатных пар. Только чтение.

Visible– Включить (true) или отключить (false) видимость.

ZOrderPosition— Позиция заданной фигуры в ворд. Только чтение.

LockAspectRatio– True — если указанная фигура сохраняет свои исходные пропорции при изменении размеров. False — если вы можете изменить высоту и ширину независимо друг от друга. Чтение и запись.

Свойства-объекты и свойства-коллекции – как сгруппировать фигуры в ворде

Данные свойства возвращают коллекции или другие классы.

Adjustments— Adjustments, который содержит значения, настроенные для всех корректировок заданной ворд фигуры, которая представляет собой авто-фигуру или WordArt.

Anchor— Range, представляющий диапазон для заданного элемента или диапазона элементов.

Application — Application, представляющий приложение Microsoft Word.

Callout— CalloutFormat, содержащий свойства форматирования выноски для заданной фигуры ворд.

CanvasItems— CanvasShapes, представляющий коллекцию фигур ворд в указанном полотне.

Chart— Chart, определяющий диаграмму.

Fill— FillFormat, содержащий свойства заполнения.

Glow— GlowFormat, определяющий форматирование свечения.

GroupItems— GroupShapes, который представляет отдельные фигуры в указанной группе.

Hyperlink— Hyperlink, определяющий гиперссылку, связанную с объектом Shape.

Line— LineFormat, который содержит параметры форматирования для линии.

LinkFormat— LinkFormat, представляющий параметры связи.

Nodes— ShapeNodes, определяющую геометрическое описание заданной фигуры для Word.

OLEFormat— OLEFormat, представляющий характеристики OLE.

ParentGroup—Shape, который определяет общую родительскую фигуру ворд дочернего элемента или диапазон дочерних элементов.

PictureFormat— PictureFormat, содержащий свойства форматирования изображения.

Reflection— ReflectionFormat, определяющий форматирование отражения.

Script— Script, который представляет собой блок скрипта или кода для изображения на веб-странице.

Shadow— ShadowFormat, представляющий форматирование тени.

SmartArt— SmartArt, который позволяет работать со схемами SmartArt.

SoftEdge— SoftEdgeFormat, представляющий форматирование края.

TextEffect— TextEffectFormat, который содержит форматирование эффектов для текста WordArt.

TextFrame— TextFrame, содержащий текст в фигуре Word.

ThreeD— ThreeDFormat, содержащий форматирование 3D свойств.

WrapFormat— WrapFormat, содержащий параметры обтекания текста вокруг заданной фигуры ворд.

Методы – как вставить фигуру в ворде

Apply() — Применяет форматирование, которое было скопировано с помощью метода PickUp.

ConvertToInlineShape() — Преобразует указанную фигуру для ворда, которая не зависит от текста, в элемент, который зависит от текста. Вы можете конвертировать только элементы, которые представляют фотографии, объекты OLE, или элементы управления ActiveX. Этот метод возвращает класс InlineShape, представляющий рисунок или объект OLE.

Delete(index) — Удаляет указанный узел (index) фигуры.

Duplicate() — Создает дубликат указанного объекта Shape, добавляет новую фигуру ворд в коллекцию Shapes на уровне смещения от оригинальной фигуры, а затем возвращает новый объект Shape.

Flip(FlipCmd) — Переворачивает фигуру для Word горизонтально или вертикально.

FlipCmd – Ориентация, значение константы MsoFlipCmd:

• msoFlipHorizontal — 0 — Отразить горизонтально.
• msoFlipVertical — 1 — Отразить вертикально.

IncrementLeft(Increment) и IncrementTop(Increment) — Перемещение элемента горизонтально или вертикально на указанное число пунктов. Направление регулируется знаком передаваемого числа, например, 5 или -5.

IncrementRotation(Increment) — Вращение заданного элемента вокруг оси на указанное количество градусов. Параметр принимает число градусов, направление зависит от знака.

PickUp() — Копирует форматирование заданной фигуры в ворд.

ScaleHeight(Factor, RelativeToOriginalSize, Scale) — Масштабирование высоты с помощью заданного коэффициента.

Factor — Указывает соотношение между высотой фигуры после изменения ее размера и текущей или исходной высотой. Например, чтобы сделать прямоугольник на 50 процентов больше, надо указать значение в 1,5.

RelativeToOriginalSize — True — масштабировать относительно первоначального размера. False — масштабировать по отношению к текущему размеру. Вы можете задать True для этого аргумента, только если указанный фигура является изображением или объектом OLE.

Scale — Часть фигуры, которая сохраняет свои позиции, когда фигура изменяет свои размеры. Значение константы MsoScaleFrom:

• msoScaleFromTopLeft — 0 – Фигуры в левом верхнем углу сохраняют свои позиции.
• msoScaleFromMiddle — 1 – Фигуры в середине сохраняют свои позиции.
• msoScaleFromBottomRight — 2 — Фигуры в правом нижнем углу сохраняют свои позиции.

ScaleWidth(Factor, RelativeToOriginalSize, Scale) — Масштабирование ширины фигуры в ворд с помощью заданного коэффициента.

Select(Replace) – Выбор фигуры.

Replace — При добавлении фигуры, True — заменяет выбор, False — добавляет новую фигуру к выбору.

SetShapesDefaultProperties() — Применяет форматирование по умолчанию.

Ungroup() — Разгруппировать любые сгруппированные фигуры для Word в заданном объекте Shape.

ZOrder(ZOrderCmd) – Метод определяет порядок размещения.

ZorderCmd – Значения константы MsoZOrderCmd:

• msoBringToFront — 0 — На передний план.
• msoSendToBack — 1 — На задний план.
• msoBringForward — 2 — Переместить вперед вперед.
• msoSendBackward — 3 — Переместить назад.
• msoBringInFrontOfText — 4 — Переместить перед текстом.
• msoSendBehindText — 5 — Переместить за текстом.

CanvasCropBottom(Increment) и CanvasCropTop(Increment) — Обрезает процент от высоты полотна из нижней или верхней части холста.

CanvasCropLeft(Increment) и CanvasCropRight(Increment) — Обрезает процент от ширины полотна с левой или с правой стороны холста.

форма, вид, фигура, облик, формировать, фасонный, профильный

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Фразовые глаголы

shape up — приспосабливаться, подчиняться, модель

Возможные однокоренные слова

reshape  — меняться, придавать новый вид, придавать иную форму, приобретать новый вид
shaped  — имеющий определенную форму
shapeless  — бесформенный
shapely  — стройный, хорошо сложенный, приятной формы
shapen  — расколовшийся, треснутый,
shaping  — шейпинг, придание формы, фасонирование, пластическая обработка
shaper  — формирователь, закройщик
misshape  — придавать неправильную, уродливую форму, деформировать

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: shape
he/she/it: shapes
ing ф. (present participle): shaping
2-я ф. (past tense): shaped
3-я ф. (past participle): shaped

noun
ед. ч.(singular): shape
мн. ч.(plural): shapes

Princeton’s WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. shape, form, configuration, contour, conformationnoun

   any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

   «he could barely make out their shapes»

2. shape, formnoun

   the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

   «geometry is the mathematical science of shape»

3. human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, fleshnoun

   alternative names for the body of a human being

   «Leonardo studied the human body»; «he has a strong physique»; «the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak»

4. shape, embodimentnoun

   a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

   «a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life»

5. form, shape, castnoun

   the visual appearance of something or someone

   «the delicate cast of his features»

6. condition, shapenoun

   the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition’ or `in shape’ or `out of condition’ or `out of shape’)

7. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, SHAPEnoun

   the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe

8. form, shape, patternverb

   a perceptual structure

   «the composition presents problems for students of musical form»; «a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them»

9. determine, shape, mold, influence, regulateverb

   shape or influence; give direction to

   «experience often determines ability»; «mold public opinion»

10. shape, form, work, mold, mould, forgeverb

    make something, usually for a specific function

    «She molded the rice balls carefully»; «Form cylinders from the dough»; «shape a figure»; «Work the metal into a sword»

11. shape, formverb

    give shape or form to

    «shape the dough»; «form the young child’s character»

Samuel Johnson’s DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shapenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Form; external appearance.

   He beat me grievously in the shape of a woman; for in the shape of a man, master Brook, I fear not Goliah with a weaver’s beam.
   William Shakespeare.

   The shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for battle.
   Rev. ix. 7.

   The other shape,
   If shape it may be call’d that shape had none,
   Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb.
   John Milton.

   In vegetables and animals the shape we most fix on, and are most led by.
   John Locke.

   2. Make of the trunk of the body.

   First a charming shape enslav’d me,
   An eye then gave the fatal stroke;
   ’Till by her wit Corinna sav’d me,
   And all my former fetters broke.
   Addison.

   3. Being, as moulded into shape.

   Before the gates there sat
   On either side a formidable shape.
   John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   4. Idea; pattern.

   Thy heart
   Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.
   John Milton.

   5. It is now used in low conversation for manner.

2. To SHAPEverb

   preter. shaped; part. pass. shaped and shapen.

   Etymology: scyppan , Saxon; scheppen, Dutch.

   1. To form; to mould with respect to external dimensions.

   I that am not shap’d for sportive tricks,
   Nor made to court an am’rous looking-glass;
   I, that am rudely stampt, and want love’s majesty,
   To strut before a wanton ambling nymph.
   William Shakespeare, R. III.

   Those nature hath shaped with a great head, narrow breast, and shoulders sticking out, seem much inclined to a consumption.
   Gideon Harvey.

   Mature the virgin was, of Egypt’s race;
   Grace shap’d her limbs, and beauty deck’d her face.
   Matthew Prior.

   The faultless form,
   Shap’d by the hand of harmony.
   James Thomson.

   2. To mould; to cast; to regulate; to adjust.

   Drag the villain hither by the hair,
   Nor age nor honour shall shape privilege.
   William Shakespeare, Tit. And.

   Mr. Candish, when without hope, and ready to shape his course by the East homewards, met a ship which came from the Philippines.
   Walter Raleigh.

   To the stream, when neither friends nor force,
   Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.
   John Denham.

   Charm’d by their eyes, their manners I acquire,
   And shape my foolishness to their desire.
   Matthew Prior.

   3. To image; to conceive.

   Lovers and madmen have their seething brains,
   Such shaping fantasies that apprehend
   More than cool reason ever apprehends.
   William Shakespeare.

   It is my nature’s plague
   To spy into abuse, and oft my jealousy
   Shapes faults that are not.
   William Shakespeare, Othello.

   When fancy hath formed and shaped the perfectest ideas of blessedness, our own more happy experiences of greater must disabuse us.
   Boyle.

   4. To make; to create. Obsolete.

   I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
   Ps. li. 5.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shape

   Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the military headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) that commands all NATO operations worldwide. ACO’s and SHAPE’s commander is titled Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), a U.S. four-star general officer or flag officer who also serves as Commander, U.S. European Command. SHAPE is situated in Mons, Belgium.
   Under the 2002 Berlin Plus agreement, SHAPE may also take part in the European Union’s (EU) command and control structure as an operational headquarters (OHQ) for EU missions. In such an instance, the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), who is always a European, would serve as Operation Commander (OpCdr). This use of SHAPE by the EU is however subject to a «right of first refusal», i.e. NATO must first decline to intervene in a given crisis, and contingent on unanimous approval among NATO states, including those outside of the EU.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Shapenoun

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

2. Shapenoun

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

3. Shapenoun

   to image; to conceive; to body forth

4. Shapenoun

   to design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange

5. Shapeverb

   to suit; to be adjusted or conformable

6. Shapenoun

   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

7. Shapenoun

   that which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being

8. Shapenoun

   a model; a pattern; a mold

9. Shapenoun

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

10. Shapenoun

    dress for disguise; guise

11. Shapenoun

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

12. Shapenoun

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

13. Etymology: [OE. shapen, schapen, AS. sceapian. The p. p. shapen is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. sceapen. See Shape, n.]

FreebaseRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Shape

   The shape of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material composition.
   Mathematician and statistician David George Kendall writes:
   In this paper ‘shape’ is used in the vulgar sense, and means what one would normally expect it to mean. […] We here define ‘shape’ informally as ‘all the geometrical information that remains when location, scale and rotational effects are filtered out from an object.’
   Simple shapes can be described by basic geometry objects such as a set of two or more points, a line, a curve, a plane, a plane figure, or a solid figure. Most shapes occurring in the physical world are complex. Some, such as plant structures and coastlines, may be so arbitrary as to defy traditional mathematical description – in which case they may be analyzed by differential geometry, or as fractals.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shape

   shāp, v.t. to form: to fashion: to adapt to a purpose: to regulate: to direct: to conceive.—v.i. (Shak.) to take shape, to become fit:—pa.p. shāped, (B.) shāp′en.—n. form or figure: external appearance: that which has form or figure: an appearance: particular nature: expression, as in words: a pattern: (cook.) a dish of rice, jelly, or the like cast in a mould and turned out when it has grown firm.—adjs. Shā′pable, Shape′able; Shaped, having a varied ornamental form; Shape′less, having no shape or regular form: (Shak.) effecting nothing.—ns. Shape′lessness; Shape′liness.—adj. Shape′ly, having shape or regular form: symmetrical.—ns. Shā′per, a metal planing machine, the tool with reciprocating motion; Shā′ping, representation, imagination.—Take shape, to assume a definite form or plan. [A.S. sceapan, scapan, to form, make; Ice. skapa, Ger. schaffen.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shape

   The lines and form of a vessel.—To shape a course. To assign
   the route to be steered in order to prosecute a voyage.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shape

   A perceived visual form.

   She loved her body shape and it was part of her natural confidence.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 5, 2020  

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1. shape

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHAPE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shape is ranked #69170 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

   The Shape surname appeared 284 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shape.

   89.4% or 254 total occurrences were White.
   4.9% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
   3.1% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Body
   • Change
   • Concrete Representation
   • Good Health
   • High Command

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘shape’ in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1656

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘shape’ in Written Corpus Frequency: #2243

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘shape’ in Nouns Frequency: #583

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word ‘shape’ in Verbs Frequency: #693

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shape in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of shape in a Sentence

1. Shen Weizheng:

   I think the rebound will be short-lived, and China’s stock market hasn’t bottomed out yet, china’s economy is still in bad shape. Under such circumstances, the best strategy is to keep equity exposure very low.

2. Rebecca Todd Peters:

   There are a whole lot more who support bodily autonomy for mothers to make decisions about life and how many children they have and who they have them with and how to shape their future with or without partners, we’ve allowed a minority religious belief to curtail the rights of the majority of women in the country. I feel like I’m in the middle of a dystopian novel.

3. Lafe Langford:

   I got ta go find Lafe Langford, she had a bullet through her wrist, but nevertheless, she was probably in the best shape to walk at that point. And so away she went.

4. Heinrich Heine:

   Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction.

5. Clarence Thomas:

   If we could use the word honorable more often, think about the difference it’ll make, then, you’ll have a legacy. We will have left the country in better shape, morally, structurally than we found it.

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• شكل, أشكالArabic
• আকৃতি, আকারBengali
• formarCatalan, Valencian
• forma, formovat, tvar, utvářet, tvarovat, stavCzech
• Zustand, formen, FormGerman
• formiEsperanto
• formaSpanish
• شکلPersian
• muovata, muoto, kunto, muotoillaFinnish
• forme, donner une forme, formerFrench
• cumIrish
• cumadh, cruthScottish Gaelic
• מצב, עיצב, צורהHebrew
• आकारHindi
• forma, alakHungarian
• վիճակ, ձեւArmenian
• formacarIdo
• modellare, sagoma, formaItalian
• 様子, ようす, 形態, 形状, 形作る, 型, 形Japanese
• 모양Korean
• figura, formaLatin
• bentukMalay
• toestand, status, staat, conditie, vorm, fysiekDutch
• formNorwegian
• kształtPolish
• estado, forma, modelar, condiçãoPortuguese
• formă, stareRomanian
• состояние, фигура, формаRussian
• oblikovati, oblikaSlovene
• form, tillstånd, formaSwedish
• umboSwahili
• ఆకృతి, స్థితి, ఆకారం, ఆకారము, రూపుదిద్దుTelugu
• hình dángVietnamese
• פאָרעםYiddish

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