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shaping for

shaping for is the present participle and gerund 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 shaping for

What is shaping for the present participle and gerund of?
Shaping for is the present participle and gerund of shape for.

Words near shaping for in the dictionary

  1. shapeups
  2. shapewear
  3. Shapi Leima
  4. Shapin
  5. shaping
  6. shaping for
  7. shaping up
  8. shaping up or shipping out
  9. Shapingba
  10. shapingly
  11. shapings

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