separate vs shape

separate

verb
  • To cause (things or people) to be separate. 

  • To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 

  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

adj
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). 

  • Not together (with); not united (to). 

noun
  • A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers. 

  • Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 

shape

verb
  • To give influence to. 

  • To form or manipulate something into a certain shape. 

  • To create or make. 

  • To give something a shape and definition. 

  • To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. 

noun
  • Form; formation. 

  • Condition of personal health, especially muscular health. 

  • In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type. 

  • A loaded die. 

  • A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. 

  • The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure. 

  • A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. 

  • The status or condition of something 

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