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shapes for

shapes for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is shapes for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shapes for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shape for.

Words near shapes for in the dictionary

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

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