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Definition: Take Shape |
Take ShapeVerb1. Develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Take ShapeSynonyms: form (v), spring (v), take form (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Take Shape |
| English words defined with "take shape": arise ♦ crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize ♦ develop ♦ grow ♦ originate ♦ Quirboilly ♦ rise ♦ spring up ♦ thunderbird, To take shape ♦ uprise. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "take shape": hypercube ♦ Zukurate. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And the hard little pears take shape, and the beginning of the fuzz comes out on the peaches. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Economy | VENEZUELA | Extensive participation by U.S. firms in both the supply and operations sectors of the industry is starting to take shape. (references) |
South Africa | However, as South Africa's constitution began to take shape at the multiparty negotiations leading up to the 1994 elections, the ANC began to see the merits of a market-driven economy - including greater competition. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "take shape": take shape in ♦ To take shape. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
take shape for life | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "take shape"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | marr formën e (take the form), formohem (be formed, be molded, be moulded, be shaped, develop, form, grow up, shape). (various references) | |
Arabic | تشكل (brew, compose, form, formation, shape), تبلور (crystallization, crystallize). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | придобивам форма (shape). (various references) | |
Chinese | 形成 (to form, to take shape). (various references) | |
Czech | projevit se. (various references) | |
Finnish | hahmottua. (various references) | |
French | prendre une forme, prendre forme. (various references) | |
German | Gestalt annehmen (form, gel, to take shape). (various references) | |
Greek | παίρνω σχήμα (jell). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"ת'בש (crystallize, jell, shape). (various references) | |
Hungarian | alakul (to exfoliate, to jell, to shape, to work out). (various references) | |
Italian | delineare (delineate, line, loom, outline), configurare (assume a form, shape). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aketay apeshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ganhar corpo, formar-se. (various references) | |
Romanian | prinde contur. (various references) | |
Russian | принять форму. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uobličiti (form, mold, mould, shape). (various references) | |
Spanish | tomar forma (shape). (various references) | |
Turkish | oluşmak (be formed, comprise, consist, consist of, grow out of, occur), biçimlenmek (be formed, distil, distill, jell), biçim almak (form, shape), şekillenmek (form, shape, take form), şekil almak (form, jell, shape, take form). (various references) | |
Ukranian | утілитися, набувати певної форми. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-k-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: pakehas, takahes. | |
-3 letters: etapes, pakeha, peseta, spahee, spathe, takahe. | |
-4 letters: akees, apeak, apeek, ataps, ephas, etape, haets, hakes, haste, hates, heaps, heats, kapas, kaphs, kasha, katas, keeps, keets, khats, khets, pasha, pasta, paste, pates, paths, peaks, pease, peats, peeks, pekes, phase, septa, setae, shake, shape, sheep, sheet, skate, skeet, spake, spate, speak, stake, staph, steak, steek, steep, takas, takes, tapas, tapes, teaks, tease, tepas, these. | |
-5 letters: aahs, akee, apes, apse, asea, atap, ates, ease, east, eath, eats, ekes, epha, etas, eths, haes, haet, hake, haps, hasp, hast, hate, hats, heap, heat, hest, hets, kaas, kaes, kapa, kaph, kata, kats, keas, keep, keet, keps, kept, khat, khet, pase, pash, past, pate, path, pats, peak, peas, peat, peek, pees, pehs, peke, pest, pets, phat, sake, sate, seat, seek, seep, sept, seta, shat, shea, skat, skee, skep, spae, spat, step, taka, take, tapa, tape, taps, task, teak, teas, tees, tepa, thae, thee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-h-k-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: cheapskate. | |
+2 letters: cheapskates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6B 65 53 68 61 70 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01010011 01101000 01100001 01110000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a k e   S h a p e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006B 0065 0053 0068 0061 0070 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5467777125374678271 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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