shape

/ʃeɪp/ verb [T]

Translation

INFLUENCE › to influence the way that something develops

biçim vermek, etkilemek, şekillendirmek

[often passive] Their attitudes were shaped during the war.2143

MAKE A SHAPE › to make something become a particular shape

biçimlendirmek, şekil/biçim vermek

Combine the meat and egg and shape the mixture into small balls.1331

shape up phrasal verb informal

› to develop or improve

geliş(tir)mek, gitmek, sürmek

Things at work seem to be shaping up quite nicely.18381840

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

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