shape : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite shaped like an acorn
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like an almond
  amygdaliform; amygdaloidal; amygdaloid.
  

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• noun an ill-defined or arbitrary shape
  

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• noun a shape having one or more sharp angles
  angularity.
  

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• adjective satellite having the general shape of an apple
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
  sagittiform; sagittate.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like an awl
  

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Awl"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like an awl.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate. Gray.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a bag
  

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• adjective satellite having the shape of a sphere or ball
  spherical; globular; global; orbicular; spheric; globose.
  
  • a spherical object
  • nearly orbicular in shape
  • little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey

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• adjective satellite shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood
  

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• adjective satellite having the general shape of a barrel
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a basket
  

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• adjective satellite having a shape resembling a bean
  

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• noun the shape of a bell
  campana; bell.
  

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• adjective satellite having a convex shape that resembles a bell
  

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Bell"-shaped` adjective

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1. Having the shape of a widemouthed bell; campanulate.

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• noun a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution
  bell-shaped curve; normal curve; Gaussian curve.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a belt
  

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• adjective satellite having a concave shape like a boat
  

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Boat"-shaped` adjective

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1. (Bot.) See Cymbiform.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a boot
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a bottle
  

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• adjective satellite having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a box in rectangularity
  boxlike; boxy.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a brick
  

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Bris"tle-shaped` adjective

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1. Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a bulb
  bulbous; bulblike.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a butterfly
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a button
  
  • button-shaped white flowers

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• noun an action that changes the shape of something
  

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• verb assume a different shape or form
  change form; deform.
  

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• adjective satellite tapering at each end
  fusiform; cigar-shaped.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a claw
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards
  
• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end
  

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Club"-shaped adjective

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1. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.

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Comb"-shaped` adjective

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1. (Bot.) Pectinate.

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• noun a shape that curves or bends inward
  concavity; incurvature; incurvation.
  

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• noun a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
  conoid; cone.
  

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• adjective relating to or resembling a cone
  conelike; conic; conical.
  
  • conical mountains
  • conelike fruit

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• noun a shape that curves or bulges outward
  convexity.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a cowl
  

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• adjective satellite resembling the new moon in shape
  lunate; crescent; semilunar.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a cross
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a cube
  cuboidal; cuboid; cubelike; cubiform; cubical.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a cucumber
  

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• noun the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
  curve.
  

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Di"a*mond-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.

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• adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
  disklike; discoidal; discoid; disc-shaped; disclike.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a dish or pan
  patelliform; dished.
  

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• noun the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
  circularity.
  

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• adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
  disklike; discoidal; discoid; disc-shaped; disclike.
  

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• noun a shape resulting from distortion
  distortion.
  

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• adjective satellite having the shape of a dome
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a ring
  annulate; annulated; annular; doughnut-shaped; circinate; ringed.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in a form resembling a drum
  drum-like.
  

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• adjective satellite having a shape resembling an ear
  auriform; ear-like.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of an eel
  

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• adjective satellite rounded like an egg
  prolate; ovate; ovoid; elliptic; elliptical; oval; egg-shaped; oviform.
  

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Egg"-shaped` adjective

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1. Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a fan
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center
  panduriform; pandurate.
  

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Fid"dle-shaped` adjective

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1. (Bot.) Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a fig
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a foot
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a football
  

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• noun a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
  funnel.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a funnel
  

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• noun a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution
  bell-shaped curve; normal curve; Gaussian curve.
  

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• to exercise so as to acquire a good muscle tone.

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Globe"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a globe.

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• adjective satellite resembling the shape of a goblet
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a guitar
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter H
  

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Hal"berd-shaped` adjective

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1. Hastate.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a hammer
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a harp
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf) shaped like a heart
  cordate; cordiform.
  

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• adjective satellite having the convex shape of a helmet
  

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Hel"met-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a hook
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a horn
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of an hourglass
  

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• having a good muscle tone; healthy.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the keel of a boat
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney
  reniform.
  

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Kid"ney-form`, Kid"ney-shaped` adjective (Also<

• Kidney-form
• Kidney-shaped

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1. Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf. Gray.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter L
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a lance
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a lancet
  

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Lath"-shaped` adjective

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1. Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.

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• noun any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume
  leaf form.
  

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Lin"e*ar-shaped` adjective

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1. Of a linear shape.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a lip
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a lyre
  

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• noun a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
  mushroom cloud; mushroom.
  

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• noun a shape created by natural forces; not man-made
  

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• adjective satellite narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
  acerate; acicular; acerose.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a nutmeg
  

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• adjective satellite rounded like an egg
  prolate; ovate; ovoid; elliptic; elliptical; oval; egg-shaped; oviform.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like an oven
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a paddle
  
  • paddle-shaped fins

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• adjective satellite of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point
  palmate.
  

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• adjective satellite having a round shape tapered at one end
  
• adjective satellite (of sounds) full and rich
  rotund; round; orotund.
  
  • orotund tones
  • the rotund and reverberating phrase
  • pear-shaped vowels

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Pear"-shaped` adjective

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1. Of the form of a pear.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a cylindrical pillar
  

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• adjective satellite having the round shape of a pinwheel
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a pitcher
  

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• noun a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
  polygon.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a pouch
  pouchlike; saclike; bursiform.
  

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• adjective having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
  oblate.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a ribbon
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a ring
  annulate; annulated; annular; doughnut-shaped; circinate; ringed.
  

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• adjective satellite formed like a bacillus
  bacilliform; bacillar; baculiform; bacillary.
  
• adjective satellite resembling a rod
  rodlike.
  

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• noun a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
  

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• noun a double curve resembling the letter S
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter S
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a horse's saddle
  

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Sad"dle-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a saddle. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form. Henslow. (b) (Geol.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata.

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• noun a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even
  Gyromitra infula.
  

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Sal"ver-shaped` adjective

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1. (Bot.) Tubular, with a speading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.

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• adjective satellite having a concave shape like a saucer
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a sausage
  allantoid.
  

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• noun the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
  

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• verb develop in a positive way
  advance; come along; get on; come on; progress; get along.
  
  • He progressed well in school
  • My plants are coming along
  • Plans are shaping up

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• noun a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired
  

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• noun a machine tool for shaping metal or wood
  shaper.
  

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• . (Mach.) Same as Shaper.

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• noun a tool for shaping metal
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)
  peltate.
  

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• adjective satellite curved like a sickle
  falcate; falciform.
  
  • a falcate leaf
  • falcate claws
  • the falcate moon

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a slipper
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a spade
  spade-like.
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
  spatulate.
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base
  hastate.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a spider
  

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• adjective satellite tapering at each end
  fusiform; cigar-shaped.
  

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Spin"dle-shaped` adjective

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1. Having the shape of a spindle.
2. (Bot.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a spoon
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a square
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a star
  asteroid.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a stirrup
  

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Strap"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a sword blade
  bladelike; ensiform; swordlike.
  
  • the iris has an ensiform leaf

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Sword"-shaped` adjective

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1. (Bot.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter T
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a tadpole
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like the tail of an animal
  

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• verb develop into a distinctive entity
  spring; form; take form.
  
  • our plans began to take shape

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• adjective satellite shaped like a tassel
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a thimble
  

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Thread"-shaped` adjective

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1. Having the form of a thread; filiform.

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• to give proper form to; from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. Hudibras.

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• to prepare; to make ready. Obs.

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• to assume a definite form.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a tongue
  lingulate.
  

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Tongue"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.

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Top"-shaped` adjective

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1. Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.

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• adjective satellite resembling a tree in form and branching structure
  arboresque; treelike; arboreal; arborescent; dendriform; arboriform; arboreous; dendroidal; dendroid.
  
  • arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda
  • dendriform sponges

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a trumpet
  
  • trumpet-shaped flowers

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Trump"et-shaped` adjective

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1. Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.

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• adjective satellite constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
  tubelike; tubular; vasiform; cannular.
  

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• noun (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
  tube.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a turnip
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter U
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of an umbrella
  

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• adjective satellite having a concave shape like an urn
  

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Urn"-shaped` adjective

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1. Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter V
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a vase
  

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Vase"-shaped` adjective

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1. Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter W
  

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• adjective having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
  prolate.
  
  • a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis

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• noun the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time
  waveform; wave form.
  

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• noun any shape that is triangular in cross section
  wedge; cuneus.
  

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• adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
  cuneate.
  
• adjective shaped like a wedge
  cuneal; cuneiform.
  

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Wedge"-shaped` adjective

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1. Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
2. (Bot.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.

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Wheel"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a wheel.
2. (Bot.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.

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Whip"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.

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• adjective satellite having or resembling wings
  aliform; alar; alary.
  

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• adjective satellite resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical
  vermiform.
  

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Worm"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a worm; hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter Y
  

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