Meaning

3 senses
  1. The action of the verb to shape.

    Formung

    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

  2. The action of the verb to shape.

    A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.

  3. The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the action of the verb to shape:

Origin

From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.

From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.

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Forms

plural: shapings
Singularshaping
Pluralshapings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any process serving to define the shape of something:defining
  • the act of fabricating something in a particular shape:formation

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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