Shaped
/ʃeɪpt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of shape form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
"The shaped sides of the wardrobe give it a more attractive appearance."
- 2 Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure). in-compounds
- 3 Designed for a particular person or thing. in-compounds
"a God-shaped hole in one's heart"
Adjective
- 1 shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) wordnet
- 2 having the shape of wordnet
Example
More examples"The rugby ball is shaped something like an egg."
Etymology
From Middle English schaped, ischaped, equivalent to shape + -ed.