noun

• (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
• (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
• (cooking, now rare) A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
  "And if I 'm late for supper there 's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there is a little rhubarb and shape."
• (gambling) A loaded die.
  "A top cheater seldom ever uses shapes or loaded dice because they do not assure you of winning."

verb

• (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
  "Earth was shapen by God for God's folk."
• (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
  "Shape the dough into a pretzel. For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl."
• (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
• (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
  "Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not."