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shaping

shaping

13 3.0
Giving something a particular shape
  • noun
  • /ˈʃeɪpɪŋ/
translation icon : formación
  • The artist spent hours on the shaping of the clay to create a beautiful vase.
  • shaping of identity
  • shaping of consciousness
  • breast shaping

Examples

  • All become part of the shaping of the discourses of science fiction and fandom.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Our ride there in 1993 had been a life-shaping event, our first week-long motorcycle tour.

    Blog text (26)
  • It's just a little bit of final shaping actually.

  • So, um... here are your shaping tools.

  • Where is the emotional shaping, the philosophical understanding, which is basic to all art?

  • Ideally, a focus on prevention and shaping will keep future conflicts at bay.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Strategies must involve residents and other local stakeholders in setting goals, priorities, and shaping plans.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The EC's role in the shaping of the new world order, therefore, is seemingly inevitable.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Certainly, their most telling influence was the shaping of Phoenix's first townscape.

    Academic text (2008)
  • What roles do these networks play in shaping, altering, and/or disseminating policies affecting arts education?

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

carving
vsshaping
70 2.7

An act of cutting wood, stone and ice to make a shape or the thing made

is the general process of giving form rather than cutting away material
defining
vsshaping
20 4.6

Making something have a clear shape or character

is the general act of giving form without stressing distinct character
trimming
vsshaping
8 2.3

Cutting things like a hedge or cloth to make them neater

is a broader process of creating form rather than just cutting edges
fashioning
vsshaping
1 3.9

Making something into a certain shape often by hand

is the general process of forming something rather than handcrafting
change of shape
vsshaping
3.2

The way something becomes a different form when it is bent, heated, or pressed

is the act of giving a particular form rather than any general alteration

Compounds

1 5.8

A tool that cuts, presses or grinds metal to make it the right form

shaping machine
  • Specialized
7.4

A tool that cuts metal or wood by moving one cutting part back and forth

How Detailed

to sculpt
57 4.3
shaping
13 3.0
molding
  • Specialized
4 3.8
to form
156 1.6

Surface Forms

shaping singular
shapings plural

Morphology

shaping = shape (transparent) = shape + ing

Standard nominal formation from the verb 'shape' with '-ing' (gerund) meaning 'the act or process of shaping', directly derived.

Etymology

Shaping comes from the old English word shape, which meant 'form' or 'create'. So, shaping is the act or process of giving something a form or a particular shape.