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The definition of a shop is a store or the work area of a person in a trade.
(noun)- An example of shop is the local grocery store.
- An example of shop is where the cars are fixed in an auto repair center.
Shop is defined as to visit stores and buy goods.
(verb)An example of shop is to go to the mall and buy some clothing.
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See shop in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a place where certain goods or services are offered for sale; esp., a small store
- a specialized department in a large store: the gourmet shop
- a place where a particular kind of work is done: a printing shop
- ☆ in some schools, an industrial arts course, class, or department
Origin: ME schoppe < OE sceoppa, booth, stall, akin to Ger schopf, porch < IE base *(s)keup-, a bundle, sheaf of straw: prob. basic meaning “roof made of straw thatch”
intransitive verb shopped, shopping
to visit a shop or shops so as to look at and buy or price things for sale
transitive verb
- ☆ Informal to shop at (a specified store)
- Brit., Slang
- to inform on, esp. to the police
- to arrest or imprison
- Informal to offer for sale: often with around
See shop in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- also shoppe A small retail store or a specialty department in a large store.
- An atelier; a studio.
- A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.
- A commercial or industrial establishment: a printing shop.
- A business establishment; an office or a center of activity.
- A home workshop.
- 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.
- To visit stores in search of merchandise or bargains.
- To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.
To visit or buy from (a particular store).
Phrasal Verb: shop around To go from store to store in search of merchandise or bargains. To look for something, such as a better job. To offer (a large block of common stock, for example) for sale to various parties: “[The company] is now actively being shopped around, with a prospectus in circulation” (Marianne Yen).Origin:
Origin: Middle English shoppe
Origin: , from Old English sceoppa, treasure house
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