SHAPEN Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

shapen

adjective

Definition of shapen

as in shaped

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shaped

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At the Whitney Biennial, Carmen de Monteflores’s long-unseen shaped canvases of colorful overlapping figures hung alongside her daughter Andrea Fraser’s wax sculptures of sleeping toddlers.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Not only is this the highest resolution presentation, but the theater screens themselves are also massive, curved and somewhat square-shaped, allowing the audience to feel enveloped by the movie.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 July 2026

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