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shaped for

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

Meaning of shape for

Verb

shape for (third-person singular simple present shapes for, present participle shaping for, simple past and past participle shaped for)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shape, for.
  2. (idiomatic) To head out to a particular destination.
    • We coasted that island one day until we arrived at the South Cape. Then, of course, we shaped for Stolboi, to the southwest, and we passed to the westward of it and landed on Seminov Island first. Then, from Seminov Island, we shaped a course to Barkin, and midway we were dispersed in the gale.1884, Jeannette inquiry. Before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, Forthy-eighth Congress, →LCCN, page 803

Questions about shaped for

What is shaped for the simple past and past participle of?
Shaped for is the simple past and past participle of shape for.

Words near shaped for in the dictionary

  1. shapechanges
  2. shapechanging
  3. shaped
  4. shaped diaper
  5. shaped diapers
  6. shaped for
  7. shaped nappies
  8. shaped nappy
  9. shaped up
  10. shaped up or shipped out
  11. shapedly

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