take shape

US pronunciation

American soundtake shape

takeshape

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final e often stays silent

take - shape -> take shape

Myanmar meaning

ထင်ရှားသည့် ပုံသဏ္ဍာန်ဖြစ်စေသည်။ ဖွံ့ဖြိုးသည်။

Full entry

shape /ʃeÇp/ n

၁။ [C, U] ပုံ။ သဏ္ဌာန်။ a round/square/oblong shape ❍ an ashtray in the shape of a hand ❍ people of all shapes and sizes ❍ the odd shape of his nose ❍ This room is rather an awkward shape. ❍ a dress that hasn't got much shape ❍ Many people would like to change their (body) shape. ❍ The garden is round in shape.
၂။ [C] ပုံ။ သဏ္ဌာန်။ I could just see two dim shapes in the gloom. ❍ A huge shape loomed up out of the fog.
၃။ [U] (infml) အနေအထား။ အခြေအနေ။ She's in good shape (ie fit) after months of training. ❍ What shape is the team in after its defeat? ❍ The illness has left him in rather poor shape.
၄။ [U] အခြေအနေ။ သဘောသဘာဝ။ the future shape of the health service ❍ This decision affected the whole shape of politics in the 1930s.
v
၁။ ~ sth (into sth ) ပုံဖော်သည်။ ပုံသွင်းသည်။ ပုံပေါ်သည်။ ပုံရှိသည်။ shape the clay into a ball ❍ The lake is shaped like an ‘S’.
၂။ ပုံသွင်းသည်။ attitudes shaped by past experiences ❍ These events helped to shape her future career.
၃။ ~ (up ) အကောင်အထည်ဖော်သည်။ (ဖြစ်ထွန်း၊ တိုးတက်) လာသည်။ Our plans are shaping (up) well (ie giving signs that they will be successful). ❍ How is the new team shaping up?
၄။ (esp passive) (ကိုယ်နှင့်အံကျ) ပုံသွင်းသည်။ The jacket is shaped (ie becomes narrower) at the waist.
❏ get (oneself) into shape [IDM ] ဒေါင်ဒေါင်မြည်အောင် ကျန်းမာရေးလေ့ကျင့်သည်။ I've been doing aerobics to get myself into shape.
❏ get/knock/lick sth/sb into shape [IDM ] ပုံစံကျအောင် မောင်းသည်။ We need a new manager to get the business into shape again.
❏ give shape to sth [IDM ] သရုပ်ပေါ်အောင်ရှင်းပြသည်။ I'm having trouble giving shape to my ideas in this essay.
❏ in any shape (or form) [IDM ] (infml ) မည်သည့် ပုံစံ မျိုးနှင့်ဖြစ်စေ/မျှ။ I can't eat eggs in any shape or form.
❏ in shape [IDM ] ကျန်းမာရေးကောင်းသည်။ ဒေါင်ဒေါင်မြည် သည်။ You'll never be in shape until you eat less and take more exercise.
❏ in the shape/form of sb/sth [IDM ] (infml ) အသွင်ဖြင့်။ Help arrived in the shape of my next-door neighbour. ❍ I received a nasty surprise in the shape of a letter from the taxman.
❏ out of shape [IDM ]
၁။ ပုံပျက်သည်။ This hat has been rather knocked out of shape.
၂။ ပုံပျက်ပန်းပျက်ဖြစ်သည်။ I'm very out of shape—what form of exercise do you recommend?
❏ -shaped ( in compounds) (…ပုံဟု အဓိပ္ပာယ်ရသော နောက်ဆက်)။ an L-shaped room ❍ have a pear-shaped figure ❍ Rugby is played with an egg-shaped ball.
❏ shapeless adj ပုံပျက်ပန်းပျက်။ a shapeless mass/form/dress. shapelessly adv shapelessness n [U]
❏ the shape of things to come [IDM ] အနာဂတ် အလား အလာ။
❏ shape up [PHRV ] (infml ) တိုးတက်အောင် ကြိုးစားသည်။ If you don't shape up you'll fail your exams.
❏ take shape [IDM ] ရုပ်လုံးပေါ်လာသည်။ A plan was beginning to take shape in my mind. ❍ After months of work, the new book is gradually taking shape.

More examples

The room forms an L-shape.
Trace the shape onto the card and cut it out.
[all shapes and sizes] : There were balloons of all shapes and sizes in the sky.
[in the shape of] : A flowerbed in the shape of a cross
Her curls lost their shape and became frizzy.
The front wheel of my bike is bent out of shape.
Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog.
The economy is in bad shape.
He’s in a lot better shape since he’s changed his diet.
It’s part of a plan to change the shape of local government.
Marie tried to find the right words to give shape to her ideas.
Yes, even Heidi and I finally got down on to the floor to throw some shapes at the end.

Synonyms

form, figure, outline, silhouette, profile, contour, accommodate, adapt, affect, appearance, architecture, aspect, assemble, become, block out, body, bring together, build, carve, case, cast, character, chassis, chisel, circumscription, condition, configuration, conformation, constitution, construct, construction, create, crystallize, cut, define, develop, devise, embodiment, embody, estate, fabricate, fashion, fettle, fitness, forge, format, frame, grow, guide, guise, health, hew, identity, influence, kilter, knead, likeness, lineation, lines, look, make, manipulate, metamorphosis, mint, model, modify, mold, nature, order, pat, pattern, plan, prepare, produce, regulate, remodel, repair, roughhew, sculpt, sculpture, semblance, shadow, simulacrum, sketch, smooth, stamp, state, streamline, structure, symmetry, tailor, take form, throw together, trim, whack, whittle, work up

Antonyms

deform, demolish, destroy, difference, dismantle, disorganize, lose, neglect, raze, reality, ruin, stop