- formative, shaping - forming or capable of forming or molding; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
Antonym: destructive (indirect, via constructive)
- shaping, defining - any process serving to define the shape of something
--1 is a kind of process
Derived form: verb shape1 - formation, shaping - the fabrication of something in a particular shape
--2 is a kind of fabrication, manufacture
--2 has particulars:filing; forging; metalworking, metalwork; granulation; grooving, rifling Derived form: verb shape2
- determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
--1 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shape8, noun shape4, noun shaping1
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
--2 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shape5, noun shaper1, noun shaping2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- shape, form - give a shape or form to; "shape the dough"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shape1, noun shape5, noun shaper1, noun shaper2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something