Past tense of shape
regular verb
The past tense of shape is shaped. The past participle is also shaped.
Forms of shape
| Base form (V1) | shape /ˈʃeɪ̯p/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shaped /ʃeɪpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | shaped /ʃeɪpt/ |
| Present participle | shaping |
| Third person singular | shapes /ʃeɪps/ |
Shaped in a sentence
- Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
- Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC
- I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard.From the entry block
- A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.From the entry gather
- The rum-based mixed drink came with a swizzle stick shaped like a pirate's sword.From the entry swizzle stick
Meaning of shape
- noun The status or condition of something.
- noun Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- noun A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
Questions about the past tense of shape
- What is the past tense of shape?
- The past tense of shape is shaped.
- What is the past participle of shape?
- The past participle of shape is shaped.
- Is shape a regular or irregular verb?
- Shape is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shape (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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