8.3.1 Shape

Use this domain for general words referring to the shape of something, and for general words referring to changing the shape of something.

Louw Nida Codes: 
79W Shapes
79R Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Shapes
  • What general words refer to the shape of something?
    shape, form, figure, silhouette,
  • What words refer to the outside shape of something?
    outline, lines, profile, contour,
  • What words refer to having a particular shape?
    shaped, in the shape of, in the form of,
  • What words refer to an irregular shape?
    irregular, jagged,
  • What words refer to the wrong shape?
    misshapen, deformed, distorted, out of shape, lopsided, lose its shape,
  • What words refer to having no clear shape?
    shapeless, formless, amorphous,
  • What general words refer to changing the shape of something?
    shape (v), change the shape of, form, mold, transform
  • What words describe something like a branch or road that divides into two parts?
    forked, bifurcate, bifurcated, fork, branch, a Y in the road,