shop
shop
ʃɑp
shaap
/ʃˈɒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shop"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟ

a building or place that sells goods or services
Dialectbritish flagBritish
storeamerican flagAmerican
shop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shop on the corner sells handmade crafts and souvenirs.
āϕ⧋āĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āϭ⧇āύāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļāĻĒ, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
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āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļāĻĒ, āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϏ

a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)
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āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to look for and buy different things from stores or websites
Intransitive: to shop for sth
to shop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many people prefer to shop online for the convenience of home delivery.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĄā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž

to look through the available items or selection of goods in a store or collection
Transitive: to shop a store
to shop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He enjoyed shopping the bookstore for rare and interesting titles.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻĻāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

to reveal information about someone, often to an authority, typically betraying their trust
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to shop sb
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the movie, the character shops his partner to the police in a moment of panic.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āφāϤāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to explore or review items that are available for purchase in a store or market
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She enjoys shopping in the craft store, even if she ’s not planning to buy anything.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰ⧇ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ