Related Words for take shape

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form
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Noun, Verb
spring
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Verb, Noun, Verb
take form
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Phrase, Verb
shape
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Noun
shape up
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Phrase, Verb
take
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Verb
formalize
/xx
Verb
crystallize
/xx
Verb
turn
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Noun
lick into shape
/x//
Phrase, Verb
materialize
x/xxx
Verb
formulate
/xx
Verb
mold
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Noun
come into being
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
sculpt
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Noun
fall into place
/x//
Phrase, Verb
build
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Verb
figure
/x
Noun
work on
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Phrase, Verb
preform
x/
Noun
body
/x
Noun
draw up
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Phrase, Verb
figure on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
assume
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb
transform
x/
Verb
statue
/x
Noun
come to life
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Phrase, Verb
work
/
Noun
structure
/x
Noun
incarnate
x/x
Noun
sharpen
/x
Verb
inform
x/
Verb
engender
x/x
Verb
take root
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Phrase, Verb
grow out of
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Phrase, Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
conform
x/
Verb
shoulder
/x
Noun
determine
x/x
Verb
cube
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Noun
construct
x/
Verb
morph
/
Noun
fit into
/xx
Phrase, Verb
put together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
straighten
/x
Verb
constitute
/xx
Verb
whip into shape
/x//
Phrase, Verb
cone
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Noun
take on
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Phrase, Verb
turn out
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Phrase, Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
sculpture
/x
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
take place
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Phrase, Verb
tabulate
/xx
Verb
take hold
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Phrase, Verb
dimension
x/x
Noun
grow up
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Phrase, Verb
contour
/x
Noun
generate
/xx
Verb
pill
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Noun
personify
x/xx
Verb
solidify
x/xx
Verb
begin
x/
Verb
steeple
/x
Noun
appear
x/
Verb
stuff
/
Noun
pose
/
Verb
show
/
Noun
mesh
/
Noun
photograph
/xx
Noun
picture
/x
Noun
grow into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
stabilize
/xx
Verb
put into practice
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
portray
x/
Verb
incorporate
x/xx
Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
set out
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Phrase, Verb
set in
/x
Phrase, Verb
concrete
x/
Noun
fill out
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Phrase, Verb
model
/x
Noun
plan
/
Noun
impersonate
x/xx
Verb
tense
/
Noun
outline
/x
Noun
describe
x/
Verb
map out
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Phrase, Verb
work out
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Phrase, Verb
typify
/xx
Verb
scheme
/
Noun
become
x/
Verb
kindle
/x
Verb
play out
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Phrase, Verb
shine
/
Noun
piece
/
Noun
substantiate
x/xx
Verb
compose
x/
Verb
dome
/
Noun
style
/
Noun
present
/x
Noun
come about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
think
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Verb
show up
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Phrase, Verb
come into the world
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
set forth
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Phrase, Verb
translate
x/
Verb
settle
/x
Verb
organize
/xx
Verb
flesh out
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Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
assimilate
x/xx
Verb
occur
x/
Verb
set to work
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Phrase, Verb
consist
x/
Verb
evolve
x/
Verb
conceive
x/
Verb
boast
/
Noun
come
/
Verb
straighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
enter the picture
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
toughen
/x
Verb
firm
/
Noun
come into play
/x//
Phrase, Verb
design
x/
Noun
smooth out
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Phrase, Verb
bend
/
Noun
expand
x/
Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
phase
/
Noun
set up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
enter into
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
visualise
/xx
Verb
crescent
/x
Noun
end up
//
Phrase, Verb
behave
x/
Verb
assemble
x/x
Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
make something of
//x/
Phrase, Verb
symbolize
/xx
Verb
convert
/x
Noun
take to
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Phrase, Verb
come into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
look like
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Phrase, Verb
abduct
x/
Verb
abide
x/
Verb
absorb
x/
Verb
abstain
x/
Verb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
accommodate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
adapt
x/
Verb, Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
adoption
x/x
Noun
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
afford
x/
Verb
agonistic
/x/x
Adjective
agree
x/
Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
ake
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
allow
x/
Verb
allure
x/
Noun, Verb
anatomy
x/xx
Noun
annex
/x
Noun, Verb
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
appearance
x/x
Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
approve
x/
Verb
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
arrangement
x/x
Noun
arrive
x/
Verb
articulate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
aspirate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
assign
x/
Verb, Noun
attach
x/
Verb
attend
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
audit
/x
Noun, Verb
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bag
/
Noun, Verb
bail out
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Phrase, Verb
bale out
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Phrase, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
ben
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Name, Adverb, Adjective
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bin
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Noun, Verb
block
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bluntness
/x
Noun
bod
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Noun
bone
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
booze
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Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
break
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Verb, Noun
breathe
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Verb
brightness
/x
Noun
bring
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Verb
bring back
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Phrase, Verb
brush
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Noun, Verb
buffer
/x
Noun, Verb
bur
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Noun
burl
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Noun, Verb
burr
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Name, Verb
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
buy
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Verb, Noun
call for
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Phrase, Verb
call in
/x
Phrase, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
care
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Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
carve
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Verb, Noun
cash
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
cast
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cast off
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Phrase, Verb
catch
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Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
charter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chassis
/x
Noun
check
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
chip
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Noun, Verb
chip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
choose
/
Verb, Noun
church
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
cite
/
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clay
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Noun, Verb
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clear away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
clear off
//
Phrase, Verb
clear up
//
Phrase, Verb
clutch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
coil
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Noun, Verb
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
collegial
x/xx
Adjective
column
/x
Noun
combination
xx/x
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
comply
x/
Verb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
composition
xx/x
Noun
comprehend
xx/
Verb
comprise
x/
Verb
con
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Noun, Verb
concavity
x/xx
Noun
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
configuration
xxx/x
Noun
configure
x/x
Verb
confiscate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
conflictual
x/xx
Adjective
conformation
xx/x
Noun
confrontational
xx/xx
Adjective
connection
x/x
Noun
connexion
x/x
Noun
conquer
/x
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
constitution
xx/x
Noun
constructive
x/x
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
convene
x/
Verb
convexity
x/xx
Noun
convey
x/
Verb
cooperative
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
cope
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Verb, Noun
corps
/
Noun
cost
/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
craft
/
Noun, Verb
cream
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cream off
//
Phrase, Verb
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
creation
x/x
Noun
cross
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crumb
/
Noun, Verb
cry for
//
Phrase, Verb
culminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
cup
/
Noun, Verb
curvature
/xx
Noun
curve
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
customize
/xx
Verb
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut into
/x/
Phrase, Verb