Shaping Shape Shaped ʃeɪp Dough Role Leading Party

• shape the dough into a ball.
• this tool is used for shaping wood.
• his ideas had been shaped by his experiences during the war.
• she had a leading role in shaping party policy.

shape

1. to make something into a particular shape
• See related entries: Materials and properties
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• Shape the dough into a ball.
• This tool is used for shaping wood.
2. to have an important influence on the way that somebody/something develops
• His ideas had been shaped by his experiences during the war.
• She had a leading role in shaping party policy.
3. to prepare to do something, especially hit or kick something
• She was shaping to hit her second shot.
4. used to tell somebody that if they do not improve, work harder, etc. they will have to leave their job, position, etc.
• He finally faced up to his drug problem when his band told him to shape up or ship out.

Extra Examples

• Economists had a direct hand in shaping government policy.
• He was responsible for shaping my career.
• Memory can be profoundly shaped by subsequent experience.
• Money played a major role in shaping his decision.
• The dough is shaped into balls and fried.
• The fictional Capone has continued to shape America’s vision of the 1920s.
• The media had great influence in shaping public opinion.
• Work was an important factor in shaping their children’s attitudes.
• a crudely carved python shaped in a spiral
• actively shaping the history of their country
• Historical events helped to shape the town.
• Religion had long been losing its power to shape and control behaviour.
• Shape the dough into balls.
• She had a leading role in shaping party policy

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they shape
• he / she / it shapes
• past simple shaped
• past participle shaped
• -ing form shaping

Word Origin

• Old English gesceap ‘external form’, also ‘creation’, sceppan ‘create’, of Germanic origin.