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shaped

/ʃeɪpt/

shaped adjective: having been given a shape, especially a curved shape. Also the simple past and past participle of shape.

Adjective

shaped (comparative more shaped, superlative most shaped)

  1. Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
    • The shaped sides of the wardrobe give it a more attractive appearance.
  2. (in-compounds) Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
  3. (in-compounds) Designed for a particular person or thing.
    • a God-shaped hole in one's heart
    • Records showed the three security agents were already dead, which bore further investigation, but that was an Ibanez-shaped problem, and Lillian's problems were taller, leaner, and perhaps even meaner, so she focused on them instead.2024 September 8, HarryBlank, “Next to Nothing”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024
  4. (Internet) Having a particularly pleasant or recognizable shape.

Also used as

shaped is also the simple past and past participle of shape.

shaped meaning in Urdu

shaped in Urdu

شکل دار

Synonyms of shaped

Forms of shaped

comparativemore shaped
superlativemost shaped

Origin of shaped

From Middle English schaped, ischaped, equivalent to shape + -ed.

Words formed from shaped

Phrases with shaped

Words that rhyme with shaped

Questions about shaped

What does shaped mean?
Shaped means having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
What is shaped in Urdu?
Shaped in Urdu is شکل دار. See Shaped meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is shaped?
Shaped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shaped?
Shaped is pronounced /ʃeɪpt/.

Words near shaped in the dictionary

  1. shapechanged
  2. shapechanger
  3. shapechangers
  4. shapechanges
  5. shapechanging
  6. shaped
  7. shaped diaper
  8. shaped diapers
  9. shaped for
  10. shaped nappies
  11. shaped nappy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shaped (page history and authors); shaped (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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