change of shape
-tort
bend
shaped
transmorph
deformation
contortion
outline
figure
turn
transformation
translation
shapingly
subshape
deform
arcing
Cab
pearl
drop
bead
splaying
corkscrew
shapester
scenography
variform
shape
convexity
flare
deformational
flair
convex shape
regulate
influence
form
determine
spherize
mold
sculpt
symmetry
incurvation
symmetricalness
balance
dome
Tetris
correspondence
shaping
defining
crookedness
transmutation
tortuousness
tortuosity
torsion
projection
revolving
transubstantiation
morph
subspheroid
design
shapeshifting
changeling
move
peak
conformal
skew
theriomorphism
tip
morphometrics
stop-motion
-morphic
point
transformer
shifter
pustuliform
werejackal
change of location
warp
up-
droop
face
buckle
beshape
dogbone
formalize
sag
travel
transhape
angularity
angular shape
bean-shaped
shaped
variform
deformational
conformal
pustuliform
bean-shaped
shapingly
change of shape
deformation
contortion
outline
figure
transformation
translation
subshape
arcing
Cab
pearl
drop
bead
splaying
shapester
scenography
convexity
flare
flair
convex shape
form
sculpt
symmetry
incurvation
symmetricalness
balance
correspondence
shaping
defining
turn
crookedness
transmutation
tortuousness
tortuosity
torsion
projection
revolving
transubstantiation
subspheroid
design
shapeshifting
changeling
peak
theriomorphism
tip
morphometrics
stop-motion
point
transformer
shifter
werejackal
change of location
warp
droop
buckle
dogbone
sag
travel
angularity
angular shape
bend
transmorph
turn
deform
corkscrew
shape
regulate
influence
determine
spherize
mold
dome
morph
form
move
skew
face
beshape
formalize
transhape
verb
- To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- To stoop.
- To cause to change direction.
- To change direction.
- To force to submit.
- To submit.
- To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- To apply to a task or purpose.
- To become curved.
- To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- To be inclined; to direct itself.
- To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- To swing the body when rowing.
noun
- The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- A curve.
- The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
noun
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- A general description of some subject.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- A setline or trotline.
verb
noun
- A shape.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- A number, an amount.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A figure of speech.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- A numeral.
- A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
verb
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- To enter into; to be a part of.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- To embellish.
- To come to understand.
- To be reasonable.
verb
- To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- To magically or divinely attack undead.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- To complete.
- To become (begin to be).
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- To change one's direction of travel.
- Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- To hinge; to depend.
noun
- A change of direction or orientation.
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A single loop of a coil.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A short skit, act, or routine.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- A pass behind or through an object.
- An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- A walk to and fro.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- The time required to complete a project.
noun
- the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
- a qualitative change
- (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
- a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
- (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
noun
- the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- a uniform movement without rotation
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
- (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
- rewording something in less technical terminology
- the act of uniform movement
verb
- To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
- To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
- To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
- To become changed in shape or misshapen.
- To mar the character or quality of (something).
adj
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a steep high face of rock
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- the act of dropping something
verb
- let fall to the ground
- to fall vertically
- go down in value
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- terminate an association with
- utter with seeming casualness
- stop pursuing or acting
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- lose (a game)
- pay out
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- hang loosely
- stop associating with
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- leave undone or leave out
- change from one level to another
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- give birth; used for animals
verb
- To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
- To extract information or consent from someone.
- To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
adj
noun
- An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
- The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
- A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
- A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
verb
- To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- To create or make.
- To give something a shape and definition.
- To give influence to.
- To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
noun
- Form; formation.
- Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.
- A loaded die.
- A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
- The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.
- A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
- The status or condition of something
noun
- a shape that spreads outward
- a sudden burst of flame
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
- reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
- a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms
- a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
- an unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)
- a sudden outburst of emotion
- a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
- a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
- (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
verb
noun
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- A specific way of performing a movement.
- A quantic.
- A class or year of school pupils (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- A window or dialogue box.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
- The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- The den or home of a hare.
- An infraspecific rank.
verb
- To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- To take shape.
verb
- shape or influence; give direction to
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
verb
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- make something, usually for a specific function
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
noun
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the process of becoming mildewed
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- sculpture produced by molding
noun
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- equality of distribution
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a weight that balances another weight
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
verb
verb
noun
- A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
- A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
- A person's head.
- head, oral sex
- A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
- Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
- Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
noun
- the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
- a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
- the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
- a planned undertaking
- any structure that branches out from a central support
- any solid convex shape that juts out from something
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
- the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
- the act of projecting out from something
- the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
verb
- To shapeshift.
- To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
- To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
noun
- An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
- A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
- A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
- A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.
- morphine
noun
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- Malicious or malevolent intention.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
- Intention or plot.
verb
noun
- An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
- In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
- An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
- A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
verb
- To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
- To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
- To request an action from the court.
- To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
- To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
- To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
- To act; to take action; to begin to act
noun
- The event of changing one's residence.
- A change in strategy.
- A round, in which each player has a turn.
- The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- The act of moving; a movement.
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
noun
- a V shape
- the most extreme possible amount or value
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the highest point (of something)
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
verb
verb
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- To hurl or throw.
noun
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- The coping of a gable.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
adj
- Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
adv
noun
- a V shape
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an instant of time
- the object of an activity
- a very small circular shape
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- an outstanding characteristic
- sharp end
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- the gun muzzle's direction
- a wall socket
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
verb
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- give a point to
- repair the joints of bricks
noun
- Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
- A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling. Their main use is to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows choosing most appropriate voltage for power generation, transmission and distribution separately.
- A neural network architecture that relies on self-attention mechanisms.
noun
- A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
- A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
- A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
- One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
- An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
- A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
- An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
- A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
- A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
- A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in, through meditation or other means.
- A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
- A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
verb
- To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- To have the front in a certain direction.
- To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
- To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- To have as an opponent.
- To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- To be the batsman on strike.
- To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
noun
- A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
- The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- The mouth.
- The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- One's facial expression.
- A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- The front surface of a bat.
- The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- Public image; outward appearance.
- Presence; sight; front.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- The directed force of something.
- Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
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