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SHAPED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
Example:
the wrought silver bracelet
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the shape of
Example:
a square shaped playing field
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb shape
Context examples:
A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Actinomyces bovis, NCI Thesaurus)
Any spherical shaped bacteria with an oxygen based metabolism and a cell wall that contains low levels of peptidoglycan and stains pink with the Gram staining technique.
(Aerobic Gram Negative Coccus, NCI Thesaurus)
Any rod shaped bacteria with an oxygen based metabolism and has a cell wall that contains low levels of peptidoglycan and stains pink with the Gram staining technique.
(Aerobic Gram Negative Bacillus, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of anaerobic, Gram variable, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Actinomyces turicensis, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Pasteurellaceae.
(Actinobacillus, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Thermomonosporaceae.
(Actinomadura, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, diplococci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.
(Acidaminococcus fermentans, NCI Thesaurus)
New images of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft provide more clues about its mysterious bright spots, and also reveal a pyramid-shaped peak towering over a relatively flat landscape.
(Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images, NASA)
It is characterized by the presence of elongated spindle-shaped fibroblasts, collagenous stroma formation, and an infiltrative growth pattern.
(Abdominal Fibromatosis, NCI Thesaurus)
They found that the receptor is shaped like a hot air balloon.
(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)
