noun
Meaning 1
The action of the verb to shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
shaping
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
The action of the verb to shape.
A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
The action of the verb to shape.
The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: machining
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of shape
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a formative influence
- a formative experience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: formative, plastic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: formation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing
Narrower terms: filing, forging, metalworking, metalwork, granulation, grooving, rifling, turning
noun
Meaning 7
any process serving to define the shape of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: defining
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: process, physical process
History
Etymology
From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.
From Middle English shapinge, shapende, schapende, schappande, from Old English sċyppende, sċeppende, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, from Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), equivalent to shape + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: оформяне (oformjane) — the action of the verb to shape
- Czech: tvarování — the action of the verb to shape
- Czech: formování — the action of the verb to shape
- German: Formung — the action of the verb to shape
- Latin: formātūra — the action of the verb to shape
- Turkish: şekillendirme — the action of the verb to shape
- Turkish: ifrağ — the action of the verb to shape
- Spanish: moldeamiento — method of positive reinforcement
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