Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a varied ornamental form: noting an object such as is usually of simple form, as a tray or a panel of a piece of furniture, which, instead of being rectangular round or oval, is broken up into Up into Various curves.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
shape . - adjective Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the shape of
- adjective shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
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Examples
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They're what they call shaped charges and they fire out a ball of molten copper which will cut through an Abrams tank armor, let alone a Humvee.
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Those types of car bombs we saw in east Africa in the Embassy bombings so many years ago, those had what you call shaped charges.
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They're what they call shaped charges and they fire out a ball of molten copper which will cut through an Abrams tank armor, let alone a Humvee.
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(on camera): They're what they call shaped charges and they fire out a ball of molten copper which will cut through an Abrams tank armor, let alone a Humvee.
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He seemed to enjoy watching the parent birds and other visitors that came to drink water from a fountain shaped like a woman holding a bowl of overflowing water in her arms.
Archive 2009-07-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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He seemed to enjoy watching the parent birds and other visitors that came to drink water from a fountain shaped like a woman holding a bowl of overflowing water in her arms.
Evolution - Dedicated to the Honorable Cynthia McKinney Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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Second, Brazil's transition was shaped from the get-go, even while the military still held power, by the emergency of a new political party, the Workers Party (PT).
Jeffrey W. Rubin: The Roots of Brazil's Success Jeffrey W. Rubin 2010
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Maybe, but at that point a real and open discussion of why things are going pear shaped is needed.
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Second, Brazil's transition was shaped from the get-go, even while the military still held power, by the emergency of a new political party, the Workers Party (PT).
Jeffrey W. Rubin: The Roots of Brazil's Success Jeffrey W. Rubin 2010
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Second, Brazil's transition was shaped from the get-go, even while the military still held power, by the emergency of a new political party, the Workers Party (PT).
Jeffrey W. Rubin: The Roots of Brazil's Success Jeffrey W. Rubin 2010
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