"shops" in the noun sense
1. shop, store
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
"he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
2. workshop, shop
small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
3. shop class, shop
a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity
"I built a birdhouse in shop"
"shops" in the verb sense
1. shop
do one's shopping
"She goes shopping every Friday"
2. patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
do one's shopping at do business with be a customer or client of
3. shop, browse
shop around not necessarily buying
"I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
4. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
give away information about somebody
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
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