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shaping
Overview of noun shaping
The noun shaping has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) shaping, defining -- (any process serving to define the shape of something)
2. formation, shaping -- (the fabrication of something in a particular shape)
Overview of verb shape
The verb shape has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (11) determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate -- (shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion")
2. (6) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge -- (make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword")
3. (3) shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")
Overview of adj shaping
The adj shaping has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. formative, shaping, plastic -- (forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shaping
2 senses of shaping
Sense 1
shaping, defining
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
formation, shaping
=> fabrication, manufacture
=> creating from raw materials
=> creation, creative activity
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun shaping
1 of 2 senses of shaping
Sense 2
formation, shaping
=> filing
=> forging
=> metalworking, metalwork
=> granulation
=> grooving, rifling
=> turning
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shaping
2 senses of shaping
Sense 1
shaping, defining
=> process, physical process
Sense 2
formation, shaping
=> fabrication, manufacture
Antonyms of noun shaping
Member Holonyms of noun shaping
Substance Holonyms of noun shaping
Part Holonyms of noun shaping
Member Meronyms of noun shaping
Substance Meronyms of noun shaping
Part Meronyms of noun shaping
Meronyms of noun shaping
Holonyms of noun shaping
Attributes of noun shaping
Derived Forms of noun shaping
2 senses of shaping
Sense 1
shaping, defining
RELATED TO>(verb) shape#1
=> determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Sense 2
formation, shaping
RELATED TO>(verb) shape#2
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Domain of noun shaping
Domain Terms of noun shaping
Familiarity of noun shaping
shaping used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun shaping
2 senses of shaping
Sense 1
shaping, defining
> process, physical process
=> phenomenon
=> chelation
=> dealignment
=> decrease, decrement
=> degeneration, devolution
=> development, evolution
=> economic process
=> encapsulation
=> execution, instruction execution
=> human process
=> increase, increment, growth
=> industrial process
=> irreversible process
=> iteration, looping
=> iteration, loop
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> operation, functioning, performance
=> organic process, biological process
=> photography
=> processing
=> reversible process
=> sensitization, sensitisation
=> shaping, defining
=> variation
Sense 2
formation, shaping
> fabrication, manufacture
=> formation, shaping
=> newspeak
=> prefabrication
Meronyms of noun shaping
2 senses of shaping
Holonyms of noun shaping
Grep of noun shaping
shaping
shaping machine
shaping tool
Antonyms of verb shape
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shape
3 senses of shape
Sense 1
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Sense 2
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 3
shape, form
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shape
3 senses of shape
Sense 1
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> dispose, incline
=> indispose, disincline
=> miscreate
=> carry weight
=> decide
=> reshape
=> time
=> index
=> pace
=> predetermine
Sense 2
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> carve
=> swage, upset
=> chip
=> layer
=> cut out
=> machine
=> grind
=> stamp
=> puddle
=> beat
=> preform
=> preform
=> mound
=> hill
=> roughcast
=> reshape, remold
=> sinter
=> cast, mold, mould
=> throw
=> handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> sculpt, sculpture
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 3
shape, form
=> individuate
=> tie
=> terrace
=> fork
=> tabulate
=> dimension
=> roll
=> draw
=> strike
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize
=> twist
=> sliver
=> ridge
=> plume
=> round, round out, round off
=> scallop, scollop
=> square, square up
=> dish
=> fit
=> flatten
=> deform, distort, strain
=> blow
=> block
=> block
=> cup
=> encircle, circle
=> turn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shape
3 senses of shape
Sense 1
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> cause, do, make
Sense 2
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sense 3
shape, form
=> change, alter, modify
'Cause To' of verb shape
Derived Forms of verb shape
3 senses of shape
Sense 1
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
RELATED TO>(noun) shape#8
=> form, shape, pattern
RELATED TO>(noun) shape#4
=> shape, embodiment
RELATED TO>(noun) shaping#1
=> shaping, defining
Sense 2
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
RELATED TO>(noun) shape#5
=> form, shape, cast
RELATED TO>(noun) shaper#1
=> maker, shaper
RELATED TO>(noun) shaping#2
=> formation, shaping
Sense 3
shape, form
RELATED TO>(noun) shape#1
=> shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
RELATED TO>(noun) shape#5
=> form, shape, cast
RELATED TO>(noun) shaper#1
=> maker, shaper
RELATED TO>(noun) shaper#2
=> shaper, shaping machine
Domain of verb shape
Domain Terms of verb shape
Familiarity of verb shape
shape used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb shape
3 senses of shape
Sense 1
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Sense 2
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
shape, form
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb shape
3 senses of shape
Sense 1
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
> cause, do, make
=> determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> initiate, pioneer
=> effect, effectuate, set up
=> make
=> occasion
=> provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
=> engender, breed, spawn
=> motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
=> impel, force
=> facilitate
Sense 2
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> reform
=> formulate
=> mint, coin, strike
=> spin
=> make
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> dip
=> bake
=> brew
=> cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> cook
=> knit
=> crochet
=> knot
=> weave, tissue
=> tat, intertwine
=> make
Sense 3
shape, form
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb shape
Sense 1
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> cause, do, make
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Sense 2
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
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Sense 3
shape, form
=> change, alter, modify
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Grep of verb shape
change shape
reshape
shape
shape up
take shape
Antonyms of adj shaping
1 sense of shaping
Sense 1
formative, shaping, plastic
INDIRECT (VIA constructive) -> destructive
Similarity of adj shaping
1 sense of shaping
Sense 1
formative, shaping, plastic
=> constructive (vs. destructive)
Pertainyms of adj shaping
Attributes of adj shaping
Domain of adj shaping
Domain Terms of adj shaping
Familiarity of adj shaping
shaping used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj shaping
shaping
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