Shop
[ʃɒp] or [ʃɑp]
Definition
(noun.) a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; 'he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod'.
(verb.) do one's shopping; 'She goes shopping every Friday'.
(verb.) shop around; not necessarily buying; 'I don't need help, I'm just browsing'.
Editor: Stu--From WordNet
Definition
(-) imp. of Shape. Shaped.
(n.) A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
(n.) A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
(v. i.) To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
Typist: Willard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Store.
Checked by Ives
Definition
n. a building in which goods are sold by retail: a place where mechanics work or where any kind of industry is pursued: one's own business or profession also talk about such.—v.i. to visit shops for the purpose of buying.—v.t. (slang) to imprison:—pr.p. shop′ping; pa.p. shopped.—ns. Shop′-bell a small automatic bell hung to give notice of the opening of a shop-door; Shop′-board a bench on which work esp. that of tailors is done; Shop′-boy -girl a boy or girl employed in a shop; Shop′-keeper one who keeps a shop for the sale of goods by retail; Shop′keeping the business of keeping a shop; Shop′-lift′er; Shop′-lift′ing lifting or stealing anything from a shop; Shop′man one who serves in a shop: a shopkeeper; Shopoc′racy shopkeepers collectively; Shop′ping the act of visiting shops to see and buy goods.—adj. Shop′py commercial: abounding in shops: given to talking shop: concerning one's own pursuit.—ns. Shop′-walk′er one who walks about in a shop and sees the customers attended to; Shop′woman a woman employed in a shop.—adj. Shop′-worn somewhat tarnished by being exposed in a shop.—Fancy shop a shop where fancy goods are sold.—Shut up shop (coll.) to abandon any enterprise; The other shop (slang) a rival institution or establishment; The whole shop (slang) entirely; Talk shop (coll.) to converse unseasonably about one's own profession.
Edited by Dinah
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a shop, denotes that you will be opposed in every attempt you make for advancement by scheming and jealous friends. See Store.
Edited by Johanna
Examples
- A hard-working man, and not overstrong, he would return to his home from the machine-shop where he was employed, and throw himself on the bed night after night to rest. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the electric shop, motor-driven blowers carry fumes and dust away from the worker and bring fresh air in. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I suppose you're thinking of the shop. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He put them, one by one, in the breast of his inner coat, counted out the money for them, and deliberately left the shop. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- His room must be like a chandler's shop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mrs. Sowerberry emerged from a little room behind the shop, and presented the form of a short, then, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish countenance. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The drone said unaffectedly, You will excuse me; I really cannot attend to the shop! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There were many big hotels that were closed but most of the shops were open and the people were very glad to see us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We have opened all the public-houses in the place, and left our adversary nothing but the beer-shops--masterly stroke of policy that, my dear Sir, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The main building was divided into five chief divisions--the library, office, machine shops, experimental and chemical rooms, and stock-room. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It being summer-time, all the machine shops were closed until Monday morning, and there were several miles of wire to be wound on the coil. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The shops were opening and the cafes filling with early morning patrons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Gerald went past the dark shops and houses, most of them sleeping now, and twisted round to the little blind road that ended on a field of darkness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A rich American had bought a tract of central real estate in Paris and had built a row of shops arranged on the two sides of a cloister. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Meg, isn't that the man who bowed to you one day when we were shopping? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'm shopping. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Been up to town for a little shopping, I suppose? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Shopping in Regent Street is perfectly splendid. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We must go shopping tomorrow afternoon, Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was Bartlemy time when I was shopped; and there warn't a penny trumpet in the fair, as I couldn't hear the squeaking on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We rested, unpacked, and shopped a little between the showers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Terrence