"shaped" in the verb sense
1. determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
shape or influence give direction to
"experience often determines ability"
"mold public opinion"
2. 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. shape, form
give shape or form to
"shape the dough"
"form the young child's character"
"shaped" in the adjective sense
1. shaped, molded, wrought
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort
"a shaped handgrip"
"the molded steel plates"
"the wrought silver bracelet"
2. shaped
having the shape of
"a square shaped playing field"
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