shape
- shape
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n.
form
2) to assume a shape; to take shape; to take the shape of (our plans are beginning to take shape; to take the shape of a human being)
good physical condition
3) to get (oneself) into shape
4) to keep (oneself) in shape
physical condition
6) in shape (to be in bad shape)
7) (misc.) she is in no shape to give a speech
II
v. (d; tr.) to shape into (to shape clay into a jug)
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[ʃeɪp]
good shape
to take shape
to take the shape of
(misc.) she is in no shape to give a speech
['form'] to give shape to
['good physical condition'] to get (oneself) into shape
['physical condition'] bad
to assume a shape
to keep (oneself) in shape
in shape
(d;tr.) to shape into
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