Definition of shape:

part of speech: verb

To reduce to a particular form or figure; to fashion; to form; to adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to contrive; to direct; to suit.

part of speech: noun

Form or figure of a thing; a mould or cast; pattern; form; external appearance; idea.

Usage examples:

• She passed that question, turned it round, and took it up in another shape Susan and Anna Warner in "Wych Hazel".

• He had gone about a mile, opening up the flat waste beyond the second bluff, when the black shape of a team and rig appeared on it. Harold Bindloss in "Prescott of Saskatchewan".

• Get the stuff in shape an' I reckon we'll fix things right now. James Otis in "Down the Slope".

• I can't have him sent home to his wife in that shape Marie Conway Oemler in "Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man".