Definition of shapes

"shapes" in the noun sense

1. shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline

"he could barely make out their shapes"

2. shape, form

the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

"geometry is the mathematical science of shape"

3. human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh

alternative names for the body of a human being

"Leonardo studied the human body"

"he has a strong physique"

"the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

4. shape, embodiment

a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

"a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"

5. form, shape, cast

the visual appearance of something or someone

"the delicate cast of his features"

6. condition, shape

the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

7. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, SHAPE

the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe

8. form, shape, pattern

a perceptual structure

"the composition presents problems for students of musical form"

"a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"

"shapes" 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"

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Quotations for shapes

So full of shapes is fancy.
That it alone is high fantastical. [ William Shakespeare ]

There's a Divinity that shapes our ends.
Rough-hew them as we will. [ William Shakespeare ]

Oft my jealousy shapes faults that are not. [ William Shakespeare ]

But shapes that come not at an earthly call,
Will not depart when mortal voices bid. [ Wordsworth ]

Ah! that deceit should steal such gentle shapes
And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice. [ William Shakespeare, Richard III ]

Error's monstrous shapes from earth are driven
They fade, they fly - but truth survives the flight. [ Bryant ]

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites. [ Bovee ]

The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven,
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. [ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream ]

There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will. [ William Shakespeare ]

God makes, and apparel shapes, but it is money that finishes the man. [ Proverb ]

Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic, and the true, by whose light it surveys and shapes their opposites. It is an humane influence, softening with mirth the ragged inequalities of existence, prompting tolerant views of life, bridging over the spaces which separate the lofty from the lowly, the great from the humble. [ E. P. Whipple ]

Poetry deserves the honor it obtains as the eldest offspring of literature, and the fairest. It is the fruitfulness of many plants growing into one flower and sowing itself over the world in shapes of beauty and color, which differ with the soil that receives and the sun that ripens the seed. In Persia, it comes up the rose of Hafiz; in England, the many-blossomed tree of Shakespeare. [ Willmott ]

shapes in Scrabble®

The word shapes is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters shapes:

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shapes in Words With Friends™

The word shapes is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters shapes:

PHASES
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Words within the letters of shapes

2 letter words in shapes (7 words)

3 letter words in shapes (13 words)

4 letter words in shapes (12 words)

5 letter words in shapes (5 words)

6 letter words in shapes (Anagrams) (2 words)

shapes + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence shapes

Words with shapes in them (1 word)

Words that end with shapes (6 words)

Word Growth involving shapes

Shorter words in shapes

pe ape apes

pe ape shape

ha hap shape

Longer words containing shapes

heartshapes

misshapes

reshapes preshapes

shapeshift shapeshifted

shapeshift shapeshifter shapeshifters

shapeshift shapeshifting

shapeshift shapeshifts

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