SHOP (shopped, shopping)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: shopped    , shopping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does shop mean? 

• SHOP (noun)
  The noun SHOP has 3 senses:

1. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

2. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

3. a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

  Familiarity information: SHOP used as a noun is uncommon.

• SHOP (verb)
  The verb SHOP has 4 senses:

1. do one's shopping

2. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

3. shop around; not necessarily buying

4. give away information about somebody

  Familiarity information: SHOP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

shop; store

Context example:

he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod

Hypernyms ("shop" is a kind of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Meronyms (parts of "shop"):

shopfront; storefront (the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shop"):

perfumery (store where perfumes are sold)

florist; florist shop; flower store (a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold)

gift shop; novelty shop (a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts)

hardware store; ironmonger; ironmonger's shop (a store selling hardware)

head shop (a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users)

junk shop (a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods)

hat shop; millinery (shop selling women's hats)

outfitter (a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose)

liquor store; off-licence; package store (a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere)

loan office; pawnbroker's shop; pawnshop (a shop where loans are made with personal property as security)

barbershop (a shop where men can get their hair cut)

pet shop (a shop where pet animals can be purchased)

pizza parlor; pizza shop; pizzeria (a shop where pizzas are made and sold)

fix-it shop; repair shop (a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance)

beauty parlor; beauty parlour; beauty salon; beauty shop; salon (a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work)

shoe-shop; shoe shop; shoe store (a shop where shoes are sold)

specialty store (a store that sells only one kind of merchandise)

second-hand store; thriftshop (a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices)

tobacco shop; tobacconist; tobacconist shop (a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes)

toyshop (shop where toys are sold)

deli; delicatessen; food shop (a shop selling ready-to-eat food products)

bakehouse; bakery; bakeshop (a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold)

bazaar; bazar (a shop where a variety of goods are sold)

betting shop (a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track)

bodega (a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries)

bookshop; bookstall; bookstore (a shop where books are sold)

booth (a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment)

boutique; dress shop (a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry)

building supply house; building supply store (a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures)

butcher shop; meat market (a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold)

chain store (one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise)

cleaners; dry cleaners (shop where dry cleaning is done)

clothing store; haberdashery; haberdashery store; mens store (a store where men's clothes are sold)

commissary (a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel))

computer store (a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user)

candy store; confectionary; confectionery (a confectioner's shop)

convenience store (a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers)

apothecary's shop; chemist's; chemist's shop; drugstore; pharmacy (a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold)

canteen (sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.)

Derivation:

shop (do one's shopping)

shop (shop around; not necessarily buying)

shop (do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

shop; workshop

Hypernyms ("shop" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shop"):

chop shop (a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts)

turnery (workshop where objects are made on a lathe)

sheltered workshop (a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population)

saddlery (workshop where a saddler works)

print shop; printing shop (a workplace where printing is done)

pottery (a workshop where clayware is made)

machine shop (workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools)

dye-works (a workshop where dyeing is done)

brickfield; brickyard (a place where bricks are made and sold)

bookbindery (a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books)

bindery (a workshop where books are bound)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

shop; shop class

Context example:

I built a birdhouse in shop

Hypernyms ("shop" is a kind of...):

class; course; course of instruction; course of study (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings)

• SHOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they shop    ... he / she / it shops   
Past simple: shopped   
Past participle: shopped   
-ing form: shopping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Do one's shopping

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

She goes shopping every Friday

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

"Shop" entails doing...:

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shop"):

market (buy household supplies)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

shop (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

shopper (someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy)

shopping (searching for or buying goods or services)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

buy at; frequent; patronise; patronize; shop; shop at; sponsor

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

back up; support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

shop (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

shopper (someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy)

shopper (a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shop around; not necessarily buying

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

browse; shop

Context example:

I don't need help, I'm just browsing

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)

Verb group:

browse; surf (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shop"):

comparison-shop (compare prices for a given item)

antique (shop for antiques)

window-shop (examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and shop

Derivation:

shop (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

shopper (someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy)

shopping (searching for or buying goods or services)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Give away information about somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on

Context example:

He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shop"):

sell someone out (give information that compromises others)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

Once more I took off my handkerchief—once more I thought of the cakes of bread in the little shop.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In the United States, we have Thanksgiving on November 28, as it falls very late this year, giving remarkably fewer days than usual for holiday shopping.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Bath is a charming place, sir; there are so many good shops here.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Meg, isn't that the man who bowed to you one day when we were shopping?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The fact that he is doing his own shopping looks as though it were his wife.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For Martin did not see why a man should not talk shop.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There is, as you may have observed, a bicycle shop next to our inn.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has been shopping too, and has sent home such a wonderful lot of fur coats and wraps, and all sorts of warm things.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It was a close and stifling little shop; full of all sorts of clothing, made and unmade, including one window full of beaver-hats and bonnets.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There were butcher-shops where meat hung within reach.

(White Fang, by Jack London)