shaped

Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.

Adjective

  1. Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
    • The shaped sides of the wardrobe give it a more attractive appearance.
  2. Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
  3. Designed for a particular person or thing.
    • a God-shaped hole in one's heart
    • Records showed the three security agents were already dead, which bore further investigation, but that was an Ibanez-shaped problem, and Lillian's problems were taller, leaner, and perhaps even meaner, so she focused on...
  4. Having a particularly pleasant or recognizable shape.

Origin

From Middle English schaped, ischaped, equivalent to shape + -ed.

Forms

more shaped most shaped

Synonyms

-form shapen

Derived

almond-shaped apple-shaped autoshaped ball-shaped banana-shaped battleship-shaped curve bell-shaped boat-shaped abdomen bowl-shaped box-shaped brick-shaped brickshaped cone-shaped crescent-shaped cross-shaped cube-shaped cup-shaped dome-shaped domeshaped egg-shaped fan-shaped friend-shaped funnelshaped funnel-shaped

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of shape