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SHOP

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Irregular inflected forms: shopped    , shopping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

Example:

I built a birdhouse in shop

Synonyms:

shop; shop class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shop" is a kind of...):

class; course; course of instruction; course of study (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

Example:

he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod

Synonyms:

shop; store

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shop" is a kind of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Meronyms (parts of "shop"):

shopfront; storefront (the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shop"):

florist; florist shop; flower store (a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold)

gift shop; novelty shop (a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts)

hardware store; ironmonger; ironmonger's shop (a store selling hardware)

head shop (a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users)

junk shop (a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods)

hat shop; millinery (shop selling women's hats)

outfitter (a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose)

liquor store; off-licence; package store (a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere)

loan office; pawnbroker's shop; pawnshop (a shop where loans are made with personal property as security)

perfumery (store where perfumes are sold)

pet shop (a shop where pet animals can be purchased)

pizza parlor; pizza shop; pizzeria (a shop where pizzas are made and sold)

fix-it shop; repair shop (a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance)

beauty parlor; beauty parlour; beauty salon; beauty shop; salon (a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work)

shoe-shop; shoe shop; shoe store (a shop where shoes are sold)

specialty store (a store that sells only one kind of merchandise)

second-hand store; thriftshop (a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices)

tobacco shop; tobacconist; tobacconist shop (a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes)

toyshop (shop where toys are sold)

bakehouse; bakery; bakeshop (a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold)

barbershop (a shop where men can get their hair cut)

bazaar; bazar (a shop where a variety of goods are sold)

betting shop (a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track)

bodega (a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries)

bookshop; bookstall; bookstore (a shop where books are sold)

booth (a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment)

boutique; dress shop (a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry)

building supply house; building supply store (a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures)

butcher shop; meat market (a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold)

canteen (sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.)

chain store (one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise)

cleaners; dry cleaners (shop where dry cleaning is done)

clothing store; haberdashery; haberdashery store; mens store (a store where men's clothes are sold)

commissary (a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel))

computer store (a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user)

candy store; confectionary; confectionery (a confectioner's shop)

convenience store (a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers)

deli; delicatessen; food shop (a shop selling ready-to-eat food products)

apothecary's shop; chemist's; chemist's shop; drugstore; pharmacy (a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold)

Derivation:

shop (do one's shopping)

shop (shop around; not necessarily buying)

shop (do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

Synonyms:

shop; workshop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shop" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shop"):

turnery (workshop where objects are made on a lathe)

sheltered workshop (a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population)

saddlery (workshop where a saddler works)

print shop; printing shop (a workplace where printing is done)

pottery (a workshop where clayware is made)

machine shop (workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools)

dye-works (a workshop where dyeing is done)

chop shop (a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts)

brickfield; brickyard (a place where bricks are made and sold)

bookbindery (a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books)

bindery (a workshop where books are bound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give away information about somebody

Example:

He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam

Synonyms:

betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shop"):

sell someone out (give information that compromises others)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Do one's shopping

Example:

She goes shopping every Friday

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

"Shop" entails doing...:

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shop"):

market (buy household supplies)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

shop (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

shopper (someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy)

shopping (searching for or buying goods or services)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shop around; not necessarily buying

Example:

I don't need help, I'm just browsing

Synonyms:

browse; shop

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)

Verb group:

browse; surf (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shop"):

comparison-shop (compare prices for a given item)

antique (shop for antiques)

window-shop (examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and shop

Derivation:

shop (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

shopper (someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy)

shopping (searching for or buying goods or services)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

Synonyms:

buy at; frequent; patronise; patronize; shop; shop at; sponsor

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "shop" is one way to...):

back up; support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

shop (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

shopper (someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy)

shopper (a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I have entered many a shop to avoid your sight, as the carriage drove by.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Decide to go out (walk, visit, shop) at an appropriate time?

(DAD - Decide to Go Out at an Appropriate Time, NCI Thesaurus)

It is not for a gentleman to go to a shop, but for the shop to come to the gentleman.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The woman in the shop answered me without hesitation that it was to be at eight o’clock in the morning.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From that time forward, Mr. Utterson began to haunt the door in the by-street of shops.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When the gloves were bought, and they had quitted the shop again, “Did you ever hear the young lady we were speaking of, play?” said Frank Churchill.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Many shops stood in the street, and Dorothy saw that everything in them was green.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

It was seen by some farmer, and he told the miller, and the miller told the butcher, and the butcher's son-in-law left word at the shop.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

One of the latter knocked off the man’s hat, on which he raised his stick to defend himself and, swinging it over his head, smashed the shop window behind him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)