shape

/ʃeɪp/ verb [T]

Definition

INFLUENCE › to influence the way that something develops: [often passive] Their attitudes were shaped during the war.

MAKE A SHAPE › to make something become a particular shape: Combine the meat and egg and shape the mixture into small balls.

(Definition of shape verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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