shop

[Shop]

A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

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imp. of Shape. Shaped.

Noun
a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop"

Noun
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

Noun
small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

Verb
give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

Verb
do one''s shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"

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Verb
shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don''t need help, I''m just browsing"

Verb
do one''s shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of



imp. of Shape. Shaped.

n.
A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

n.
A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

v. i.
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.


Shop

Shop , obs. imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.

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.
From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter.
2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
A tailor called me in his shop.
&hand; 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.

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.

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

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Usage Examples

I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop.

Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it.

Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.

I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, I'll break up with someone on purpose.

I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

If I go into a sandwich shop or anywhere that features 'Today's specials' on a chalkboard more than 10 feet away, I have to ask for a printed menu. I smile at people I don't know on the street and ignore those I do. When at home, I often find myself grabbing my 'back-up' glasses to search for the better-loved pair I have left on top of my dresser.

I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter.

I've had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I shop for the season I look for pieces that will suit every facet of my daily life, not just one single occasion.

I usually do get the tomboy parts in the movies, which is kind of like me, but not totally. I like to shop as much as Ashley, but she is a little more of a girlie-girl than me.

In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, but you can hear the reason why - these guys are too sad.

I had a 2-week courtship with a fellow student in the fiction workshop in Iowa and a 5-minute wedding in a lawyer's office above the coffee shop where we'd been having lunch that day. And so I sent a cable to my father saying, 'By the time you get this, Daddy, I'll already be Mrs. Blaise!'

I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me when I'm performing live. My male fans tend to be quite shy. My female fans are wild. I never know what to do with all the lingerie that lands at my feet. Maybe I should open a shop.

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