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shapes

/ʃeɪps/

shapes is the plural of shape.

shapes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shape.

Meaning of shape

Noun

shape (countable and uncountable, plural shapes)

  1. The status or condition of something
    • The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
  2. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
    • The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
  3. A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
    • What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?
  4. Form; formation.
    • Your head is a funny shape, rather oblong.
  5. A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D
  6. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

See all 16 meanings of shape

Phrases with shapes

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Words that rhyme with shapes

Questions about shapes

What is shapes the plural of?
Shapes is the plural of shape.
How do you pronounce shapes?
Shapes is pronounced /ʃeɪps/.

Words near shapes in the dictionary

  1. shapens
  2. shaper
  3. Shapero
  4. Shaperos
  5. shapers
  6. shapes
  7. shapes for
  8. shapes up
  9. shapes up or ships out
  10. shapeshift
  11. shapeshifted

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