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shop
(/S//A/p )

noun (n)

  • a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He bought it at a shop on Cape Cod.
    Synonym:
    store
    source: wordnet30
  • small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    workshop
    source: wordnet30
  • a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)(noun.act)
    Example:
    I built a birdhouse in shop.
    Synonym:
    shop class
    source: wordnet30
  • A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- generally in deprecation.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • do one's shopping(verb.possession)
    Example:
    She goes shopping every Friday.
    source: wordnet30
  • do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop at, sponsor
    Antonym:
    boycott
    source: wordnet30
  • shop around; not necessarily buying(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    browse
    source: wordnet30
  • give away information about somebody(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, snitch, stag, tell on
    source: wordnet30
  • To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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