♦ shape

♦ shape
♦ shape /ʃeɪp/
n.
1 [cu] forma; foggia; fattezza; figura, ombra, fantasma, sagoma; aspetto; veste (fig.); modello; stampo; taglio (d'abito): spherical in shape, di forma sferica; pebbles of different shapes, ciottoli di fogge diverse; The blurred shape of a liner appeared in the fog, nella nebbia apparve la sagoma indistinta di un transatlantico; an enemy in the shape of a friend, un nemico in veste di amico; hat shape, forma del cappellaio; a jelly shape, uno stampo per la gelatina
2 [u] struttura: to change the shape of Italian society, cambiare la struttura della società italiana
3 specie; sorta; genere; qualità: dangers of every shape, pericoli d'ogni sorta; He made no offer in any shape or form, non fece offerte d'alcun genere
4 [u] (fam.) forma; condizione, stato (di salute): to keep in shape, tenersi in forma; The injured man was in bad shape, il ferito era in cattive condizioni
5 figura; fattezza; personale: to show one's shapes, mostrare le proprie fattezze
6 [u] (sport) forma: to be in shape (o in good shape) essere in forma; to be out of shape, essere giù di forma; DIALOGO-Meeting an old friend- You're looking in good shape, sembri in ottima forma
7 (tecn.) profilato
to cut st. to shape, tagliare qc. su misura □ to get (o to put) into shape, allestire, disporre; ordinare, riordinare: to get one's ideas into shape, riordinare le idee □ to get out of shape, perdere la forma; deformarsi; sformarsi □ in the shape of, sotto forma di □ (fam.) to knock (o to lick) into shape, portare (un atleta, ecc.) alla forma ottimale; mettere in sesto, mettere in ordine (dati, l'economia, ecc.) □ out of shape, deformato; sformato; (sport) fuori forma □ to take shape, prendere forma; (di progetto, ecc.) concretizzarsi, essere attuato; (d'idee, ecc.) concretizzarsi, esprimersi, tradursi (in qc.).
(to) shape /ʃeɪp/
A v. t.
1 formare; foggiare; modellare; plasmare: to shape rolls from dough, foggiare la pasta in rotoli; to shape clay, modellare (o plasmare) la creta; to shape sb.'s character, plasmare il carattere di q.
2 adattare; regolare: to shape one's plans according to one's abilities, adattare i propri progetti alle proprie capacità
3 concepire; formulare; approntare; preparare: to shape a plan, formulare un progetto
4 (di solito al passivo) foggiare; tagliare: My new dress is shaped at the waist, il mio vestito nuovo è tagliato in vita
5 (tecn.) sagomare; profilare
6 (fig.) lasciare un'impronta profonda (o un'orma indelebile) su (qc.); incidere profondamente su: President Kennedy shaped the XX century, il Presidente Kennedy ha lasciato un'orma indelebile sul XX secolo
B v. i.
1 prendere forma; concretarsi
2 svilupparsi; prendere una data piega; evolvere; andare, mettersi (bene, male): Things are shaping right, le cose si mettono bene
3 fare progressi, progredire (in un lavoro, ecc.)
4 (sport: di giocatore) apprestarsi (a tirare, ecc.).

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