shaped
SHAYPT/ʃeɪpt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of shape. Use this form for something that already happened.
She shaped the clay into a small pot.
The wind shaped the dunes over many years.
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- 2Having an outline that looks like a certain figure, often a simple flat shape.
Like a cookie cut to look like a star or a heart.
The attic window is oddly shaped, not a normal square.
He drew a small star-shaped badge for each player.
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shaped is a form of shape
shape, verb: To have an effect on how something turns out. Full entry
- Spelling
- shape → shaped: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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Origin
From Middle English schaped, made from shape plus -ed.