Definition of shop
1 : a handicraft establishment : atelier
2a : a building or room stocked with merchandise for sale : storeb or less commonly shoppeplay \ˈshäp\ : a small retail establishment or a department in a large one offering a specified line of goods or services a millinery shop a sandwich shop
3 : a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery machine shop repair shop
4a : a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts educationb : the art or science of working with tools and machinery
5a : a business establishment : office a public relations shopb : shoptalk talking shop
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Examples of shop in a Sentence
I took the car to the shop to get new brakes.
I am taking shop this semester.
I made a table in shop.
The wood shop is down the hall.
Origin and Etymology of shop
Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa booth; akin to Old High German scopf shed
First Known Use: 14th century
shop
Definition of shop
shopped
;shopping
intransitive verb
1a : to examine goods or services with intent to buyb : to hunt through a market in search of the best buy
2 : to make a search : hunt shopping around for a better idea
transitive verb
1 British : to inform on : betray
2 : to examine the stock or offerings of shop the stores for Christmas gift ideas
3 : to offer for consideration or acceptance; especially : to offer for sale or in a trade —often used with around shopping the manuscript around
Examples of shop in a Sentence
Where do you like to shop?
I like to shop at locally owned stores.
She is shopping for a new car.
Many people now shop online.
She's shopping her idea for a film.
His own mother shopped him to the police.
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First Known Use of shop
1806
SHOP Defined for English Language Learners
shop
playDefinition of shop for English Language Learners
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: a building or room where goods and services are sold
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: the place where a specified kind of worker works : a worker's place of business
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: a place for making or repairing goods, machinery, vehicles, etc.
shop
Definition of shop for English Language Learners
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: to visit places where goods are sold in order to look at and buy things
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: to try to get a company to publish or produce (something)
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: to give information about the secret or criminal activity of (someone) to an authority (such as the police)
SHOP Defined for Kids
Definition of shop for Students
1 : a place where goods are sold : a usually small store a flower shop
2 : a worker's place of business the blacksmith shop
3 : a place in which workers are doing a particular kind of work a repair shop
Definition of shop for Students
shopped
;shopping
: to visit stores or shops for the purpose of looking over and buying goods
shopper
nounLaw Dictionary
shop
Legal Definition of shop
: a business establishment : a place of employment — see also closed shop, open shop, union shop
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