shape

n

1. form, figure, configuration, figuration, conformation, formation, arrangement, format, organization, pattern; contour, outline, lines, profile, silhouette; cut, style, model, pattern; structure, construction, frame, exterior, outward form.

2. phantom, ghost, (in Irish Folklore) banshee, Inf. spook; phantasm, specter, apparition, vision, shadow, spirit, soul, wraith, eidolon, materialization.

3. guise, likeness, aspect, appearance, look, semblance, image; cover, Inf. front, show, pretense, presentment; figure, physique, build; face, countenance, features; air, mien, manner, bearing.

4. condition, state, state of affairs, circumstances, situation, ball game; position, footing, status.

v

5. fashion, form, mold, model, pattern; create, design, devise; construct, build, frame; make, put together, produce; cast, block, block out, hammer, chisel, carve, hew, rough-hew, sculpture.

6. organize, assort, sort out; order, arrange, lay out, line up, line, align.

7. adjust, adapt, accommodate, fit, regulate, convert; alter, change, transform, modify.

8. shape up

a. take form, take shape, crystallize, develop, fall in, fall into place, fall into line, come together.b. improve, grow better, show improvement, look up, pick up; progress, make headway, gain ground, go forward, come along, go along