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Shop

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Noun

1. shop, store

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

Example Sentences:
'he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod'

2. shop, workshop

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

3. shop, shop class

a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

Example Sentences:
'I built a birdhouse in shop'

Verb

4. shop

do one's shopping

Example Sentences:
'She goes shopping every Friday'

5. buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

6. browse, shop

shop around; not necessarily buying

Example Sentences:
'I don't need help, I'm just browsing'

7. betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on

give away information about somebody

Example Sentences:
'He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shop

see synonyms of shop
noun
1. 
a place, esp a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services
2. 
an act or instance of shopping, esp household shopping
the weekly shop
3. 
a place for the performance of a specified type of work; workshop
4.  all over the shop
5.  shut up shop
6.  talk shop
verbWord forms: shops, shopping or shopped
7. (intransitive; often foll by for)
to visit a shop or shops in search of goods with the intention of buying them
8. (transitive) slang, mainly British
to inform on or betray, esp to the police

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Shop

see synonyms of shop
noun
1. 
a. 
a place where certain goods or services are offered for sale; esp., a small store
b. 
a specialized department in a large store
the gourmet shop
2. 
a place where a particular kind of work is done
a printing shop
3.  US
in some schools, an industrial arts course, class, or department
verb intransitiveWord forms: shopped or ˈshopping
4. 
to visit a shop or shops so as to look at and buy or price things for sale
verb transitive
5.  US, Informal
to shop at (a specified store)
6.  British, Slang
a. 
to inform on, esp. to the police
b. 
to arrest or imprison
7.  Informal
to offer for sale
often with around

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shop

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n.
1. also shoppe A small retail store or a specialty department in a large store.
2. An atelier; a studio.
3. A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.
4. A commercial or industrial establishment: a printing shop.
5. A business establishment; an office or a center of activity.
6. A home workshop.
7.
a. A schoolroom fitted with machinery and tools for instruction in industrial arts.
b. The industrial arts as a technical science or course of study.
v. shopped, shop·ping, shops
v.intr.
1. To visit stores in search of merchandise or bargains.
2. To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.
v.tr.
To visit or buy from (a particular store).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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