To give a specified form to; to mould or fashion into a certain shape, or after, by, from, upon a certain pattern or model; to conform to.

With complement: To shape into; also to shape into (a specified form). Obsolete.

To trim, cut, or mould to a particular shape; to adapt in shape to.

To form (metal, or the like) into a shape, by pouring it when melted or soft into a mould, where it is allowed to cool or harden.

To give a specified shape to; to model according to, after, or like (something); to form †into (the shape of something); to shape into or to…

transitive. To produce or create (a material object) in a particular form, esp. from, in, or out of a certain material, on or upon a certain…

To cause to take a certain shape (defined by an adjective or adverbial phrase).

transitive. To bring into (a particular shape). Obsolete.

colloquial. transitive. To operate (a clutch or gear) so as to disengage or engage a mechanism; to put (a mechanism) into or out of operation by…