SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shaped mean? 

• SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective SHAPED has 2 senses:

1. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

2. having the shape of

  Familiarity information: SHAPED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

Synonyms:

molded; shaped; wrought

Context example:

the wrought silver bracelet

Similar:

formed (having or given a form or shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the shape of

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a square shaped playing field

Pertainym:

shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)

 Context examples 

A melanoma characterized by the presence of malignant large epithelioid melanocytes and malignant spindle-shaped melanocytes.

(Mixed Epithelioid and Spindle Cell Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes.

(Abiotrophia defectiva, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive adenocarcinoma characterized by focal or extensive transformation of the malignant glandular cells to spindle-shaped cells.

(Adenocarcinoma with Spindle Cell Metaplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A major target for potential HIV vaccines is a spike-shaped virus protein known as Env.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)

Quite another shaped box, my good Holmes, I assure you.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The code of my group was stronger than I. The fact that he had hands, feet, and a body shaped somewhat like mine, constituted a claim which I could not ignore.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Actinobacillus equuli, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of anaerobic, Gram negative rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Actinobacillus suis, NCI Thesaurus)