Shop Definition

shŏp

shopped, shopping, shops

noun

shops

A specialized department in a large store.

The gourmet shop.

Webster's New World

A place where certain goods or services are offered for sale; esp., a small store.

Webster's New World

An atelier; a studio.

American Heritage

A place where a particular kind of work is done.

A printing shop.

Webster's New World

A commercial or industrial establishment.

A printing shop.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
workshop
store
shop class
discuss one's work
exchange views
talk business
cease functioning
go out of business
start
close-down
open up business
repair shop
novelty shop
dry-goods store
retail store

verb

shopped, shopping, shops

To visit a shop or shops so as to look at and buy or price things for sale.

Webster's New World

To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.

American Heritage

To inform on, esp. to the police.

Webster's New World

To shop at (a specified store)

Webster's New World

To arrest or imprison.

Webster's New World

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Antonyms:

Antonyms:
sell

interjection

Used to attract the services of a shop assistant.

Wiktionary

idiom

talk shop

To talk about one's work.

American Heritage

set up shop

to open or start a business

Webster's New World

shop around

to go from shop to shop, looking for bargains or special items
to search about for a good or better job, idea, etc.

Webster's New World

shut up shop

to close a place of business, as for the night
to go out of business

Webster's New World

talk shop

to discuss one's work

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shop

Noun

Singular:

shop

Plural:

shops

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shop

Origin of Shop

From Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa, scoppa (“shop, booth, shed"), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed"), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault"). Cognate with German Schuppen (“shed"), German Schober (“barn").

From Wiktionary
Middle English shoppe from Old English sceoppa treasure house

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition