shaping
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈʃeɪpɪŋ/
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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
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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.
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So, um... here are your shaping tools.
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Where is the emotional shaping, the philosophical understanding, which is basic to all art?
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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
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2.7
An act of cutting wood, stone and ice to make a shape or the thing made
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4.6
Making something have a clear shape or character
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2.3
Cutting things like a hedge or cloth to make them neater
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3.9
Making something into a certain shape often by hand
The way something becomes a different form when it is bent, heated, or pressed
Compounds
- Specialized
A tool that cuts metal or wood by moving one cutting part back and forth
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.