- shaping, defining - any process serving to define the shape of something
--1 is a kind of process
Derived form: verb define4
- define - give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
--1 is one way to specify, set, determine, fix, limit
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun definition1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate - determine the essential quality of
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- define - determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
--3 is one way to characterize, characterise
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- define, delineate - delineate the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
--4 is one way to show
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun definition2, noun defining1
Something ----s something
- define, delineate - delineate the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"