Oval vs. Shape

Ovalnoun

A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.

Shapenoun

The status or condition of something

‘The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.’;

Ovalnoun

A sporting arena etc. of this shape.

Shapenoun

Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

‘The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.’; ‘We exercise to keep in good physical shape.’;

Ovalnoun

(math) In a projective plane, a set of points, no three collinear, such that there is a unique tangent line at each point. (A tangent line is defined as a line meeting the point set at only one point, also known as a 1-secant.)

Shapenoun

The appearance of something, especially its outline.

‘He cut a square shape out of the cake.’; ‘What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?’;

Ovaladjective

Having the shape of an oval.

Shapenoun

Form; formation.

Ovaladjective

Of or pertaining to an ovum.

‘oval conceptions’;

Shapenoun

(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Ovaladjective

Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.

Shapenoun

(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

Ovaladjective

Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.

Shapenoun

A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.

Ovaladjective

Broadly elliptical.

Shapenoun

(programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.

Ovalnoun

A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Shapeverb

To create or make.

‘Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.’;

Ovalnoun

a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it;

‘the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant’;

Shapeverb

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

‘Shape the dough into a pretzel.’; ‘For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.’;

Ovaladjective

rounded like an egg

Shapeverb

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

Ovaladjective

having a rounded and slightly elongated outline or shape like that of an egg

‘her smooth oval face’;

Shapeverb

(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

Ovalnoun

a body, object, or design with an oval shape or outline

‘cut out two small ovals from the felt’;

Shapeverb

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Ovalnoun

an oval sports field or racing track.

Shapeverb

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

Ovalnoun

a ground for Australian Rules football.

Shapeverb

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

‘I was shapen in iniquity.’; ‘Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.’;

Oval

An oval (from Latin ovum, ) is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.) it is given a more precise definition, which may include either one or two axes of symmetry of an ellipse.

‘egg’;

Shapeverb

To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

‘To the stream, when neither friends, nor force,Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.’; ‘Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire,And shape my foolishness to their desire.’;

Shapeverb

To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).

‘Oft my jealousyShapes faults that are not.’;

Shapeverb

To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

‘When shapen was all this conspiracy,From point to point.’; ‘I will early shape me therefor.’;

Shapeverb

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Shapenoun

Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

‘He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman.’;

Shapenoun

That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

‘Before the gates three sat,On either side, a formidable shape.’;

Shapenoun

A model; a pattern; a mold.

Shapenoun

Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

Shapenoun

Dress for disguise; guise.

‘Look better on this virgin, and considerThis Persian shape laid by, and she appearingIn a Greekish dress.’;

Shapenoun

A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Shapenoun

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

‘he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke’;

Shapenoun

the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;

‘geometry is the mathematical science of shape’;

Shapenoun

alternative names for the body of a human being;

‘Leonardo studied the human body’; ‘he has a strong physique’; ‘the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak’;

Shapenoun

a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;

‘a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life’;

Shapenoun

the visual appearance of something or someone;

‘the delicate cast of his features’;

Shapenoun

the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

Shapenoun

the supremem headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe

Shapenoun

a perceptual structure;

‘the composition presents problems for students of musical form’; ‘a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them’;

Shapeverb

shape or influence; give direction to;

‘experience often determines ability’; ‘mold public opinion’;

Shapeverb

make something, usually for a specific function;

‘She molded the riceballs carefully’; ‘Form cylinders from the dough’; ‘shape a figure’; ‘Work the metal into a sword’;

Shapeverb

give a shape or form to;

‘shape the dough’;

Shape

A shape or figure is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture, or material type. A plane shape, two-dimensional shape, or 2D shape (plane figure, two-dimensional figure, or 2D figure) is constrained to lie on a plane, in contrast to solid figures.