shop in English dictionary

  • shop

    Meanings and definitions of "shop"

    • An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
    • A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
    • An automobile mechanic's workplace.
    • Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
    • Short for wood shop or metal shop, classes taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill.
    • In information technology, describes the programming languages or software an organisation uses, usually exclusively; "our company is mostly a Java shop".
    • (intransitive) To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
    • (transitive) To report or "grass up" the criminal or otherwise wrong activities or whereabouts of (a suspect) to an authority.
    • (transitive, Internet) Shorthand for photoshop ; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
    • Used to attract the services of a shop assistant
    • interjection
      (dated)
      Used to attract the services of a shop assistant
    • noun
      An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
    • noun
      A place where things are crafted; a workshop.
    • noun
      An automobile mechanic's workplace.
    • noun
      Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
    • noun
      A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
    • noun
      (Should we delete (+) this sense?) ( business, computing) an organisation using specified programming languages or software, often exclusively.
    • noun
      An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
    • noun
      (figuratively, uncountable)
      Discussion of business or professional affairs.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
    • verb
      (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain)
      To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
    • verb
      (transitive, Internet slang)
      Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
    • establishment that sells goods
    • workshop
    • a class taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill
    • to visit shops
    • over-the-counter (financial)
    • A place, especially a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services.
    • noun
      a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop"
    • noun
      a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
    • noun
      small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
    • verb
      do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
    • verb
      do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"
    • verb
      give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
    • verb
      shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"

    Synonyms of "shop" in English dictionary

    retail store, grass, support are the top synonyms of "shop" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "shop" in English dictionary

    boycott is the antonym of "shop" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of shop

    • shop!
    • lm  liczba mnoga shop s shop ped, shop ped; he shop s; be shop ping
    • shop ( third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)
    • shop ( plural  shops)
    • shop (plural shops)
    • shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)
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