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Shop - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Shop : (noun)
1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or
services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: store]
2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
[syn: workshop]
3: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or
electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" [syn: shop
class]
(verb)
1: do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"
2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop at, buy
at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott, boycott]
3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm
just browsing" [syn: browse]
4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell
on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, snitch,
stag]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Shop : \Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shopping.]
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go
shopping. --Byron.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shop : \Shop\, obs.
imp. of Shape. Shaped. --Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shop : \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a
storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a
shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG.
scopf.]
1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs,
etc., are sold by retail.
Based on shop to shop Wandering, and littering with
unfolded silks The polished counter. --Cowper.
2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe
shop; a car shop.
A tailor called me in his shop. --Shak.
Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as,
shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief;
shop window, or shop-window, etc.
To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's
occupation or profession.
To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social
conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's
employment. [Colloq.]
Syn: Store; warehouse. See Store.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Shop : \Shop\, n.
1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like,
as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.;
-- generally in deprecation.
2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's
shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business
which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor,
broker, etc.
3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
[Slang, Chiefly Eng.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Shop |
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abitofaloha: lost in photo Shop right now... Oz is asleep, rox is at work, i'm the only dork who's glued to my Mac, nice friday night. NOT |
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bigcitychefs: @TylerFlorence Fantastic. Will u carry the spices only at the TF Shop or will they be available online and thru other retailers? |
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xchesisurs: Lesson learned. Shop with zipdresses and wear flipflops and small bag. =)) |
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