forshape
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
- (transitive) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forshapen inherited from Old English forsċieppan inherited from Proto-Germanic *fra- (for-, fully, away, prefix meaning completely) prefix from English shape (form).
Origin
English
shape
Gloss
form
Kanji
体
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bandshape English
- beshape English
- eigenshape English
- eyeshape English
- foreshape English
- handshape English
- lineshape English
- misshape English
- outshape English
- overshape English
- preshape English
- reshape English
- shapable English
- shape English
- shape-shifter English
- shapechanger English
- shapechanging English
- shaped English
- shapefile English
- shapeless English
- shapelet English
- shapely English
- shapen English
- shaper English
- shapeshifter English
- shapest English
- shapester English
- shapeth English
- shapewear English
- shepster English
- subshape English
- supershape English
- transhape English
- transshape English
- unshape English
- waveshape English
- Verschaffer German
- schaffen German
- verschaffen German
- *bhā- Proto-Indo-European
- *dgʷhey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *aihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *farswelganą Proto-Germanic
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- *fraetaną Proto-Germanic
- *fur- Proto-Germanic
- for- Old English
- fordwīnan Old English
- forsċieppan Old English
- forwærnan Old English
- forshapen Middle English
- shap Middle English
- for- Old Norse
- vrecht Middle Dutch
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰- Gothic
- *frēht Old Dutch
- vracht Middle Low German
- vrecht Middle Low German
- far- Old Saxon
- frāht Old Saxon
- *firbannjan, furbannjan, *furbannjan Frankish
- shape
- shaped
- shaper
- shapen
- shapely
- beshape
- shapest
- unshape
- shapeth
- reshape
- outshape
- shepster
- subshape
- misshape
- shapelet
- eyeshape
- shapable
- preshape
- shapewear
- foreshape
- shapefile
- waveshape
- shapester
- bandshape
- transhape
- lineshape
- overshape
- shapeless
- handshape
- transshape
- eigenshape
- supershape
- shapeshifter
- shapechanger
- shape-shifter
- shapechanging