shape

shape up

verb

Definition of SHAPE

to take on a definite form <this group of summer interns is shaping up to be one of the best we've ever hired>

Synonyms crystallize (also crystalize), jell, shape (up), solidify

Related Words associate, coalesce, cohere, fuse; combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, join, link (up), unify, unite

Near Antonyms break down, decay, decompose, disintegrate