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- DictionaryShape/SHāp/
noun
- 1. the external form, contours, or outline of someone or something: "she liked the shape of his nose"
- 2. a geometric figure such as a square, triangle, or rectangle.
verb
- 1. give a particular shape or form to: "most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone"
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noun. the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure. Synonyms: appearance, silhouette. this quality as found in some individual object or body form: This lake has a peculiar shape. something seen in outline, as in silhouette: A vague shape appeared through the mist.
4 days ago · The shape of an object, a person, or an area is the appearance of their outside edges or surfaces, for example whether they are round, square, curved, or fat.
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In geometry, a shape can be defined as the form of an object or its outline, outer boundary or outer surface. Everything we see in the world around us has a shape. We can find different basic shapes such as the two-dimensional square, rectangle, and oval or the three-dimensional rectangular prism, cylinder, and sphere in the objects we see around u...
Shapes can be classified into open and closed shapes. Closed geometric shapes can further be put into two broad categories, namely two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional shapes. Here’s a list of 2-D or two-dimensional shapes with their names and pictures: Here’s a list of 3-D or three-dimensional shapes with their names and pictures: The colo...
Example 1: Name the shapes. 1. A polygonwith 6 sides. 2. Outline of a door. 3. When you fold square corner to corner. 4. A square and a triangle on top of it. Solution: 1. Hexagon 2. Rectangle or quadrilateral 3. Triangle 4. Pentagon Example 2: Classify the given letters as open shape or closed shape. C, D, L, M, O, S, U, V, Z Solution: Open shape:...
1. a. The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour: a lake in the shape of an hourglass. See Synonyms at form. b. Spatial form, contour, or appearance: The sandy coastline is always changing shape. 2. a. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal: saw two shapes walking toward her in the night. b.
noun. the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure. this quality as found in some individual object or body form: This lake has a peculiar shape. something seen in outline, as in silhouette: A vague shape appeared through the mist. an imaginary form; phantom.
A shape is a graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface; it is distinct from other object properties, such as color, texture, or material type. In geometry, shape excludes information about the object's location, scale, orientation and reflection. [1]
• It was the shape of things to come. shape2 verb [ transitive] 1 to influence something such as a belief, opinion etc and make it develop in a particular way People’s political beliefs are shaped by what they see in the papers. 2 to make something have a particular shape, especially by pressing it shape something into something Shape the do...
