n. 1
Form; formation.
Your head is a funny shape, rather oblong.
n. 2
The status or condition of something
The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
v. 1
To create or make.
Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.
v. 2
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.

Related words

Word family: shapeless shapely shaper shape-shifter shapewear shapeable
Phrases: shape up take shape lick into shape whip into shape beat into shape get into shape knock into shape body shape

Forms

Plural: shapes → figures, frames, physiques, builds…
Past participle: shaped
e.g. shaped → regulated, influenced, adjusted, determined…

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: cut¹, fit¹
4 letters: make¹, work¹, plan¹, turn¹, form¹, cast¹, mold¹
5 letters: state¹, model², build¹, image², frame¹, flesh¹, forge¹, mould¹, carve¹, forme
6 letters: design², figure², aspect², hammer², adjust², modify³, tailor²
7 letters: fashion², pattern², arrange², anatomy⁴, outline², contour², gestalt
8 letters: organize³, regulate³, organise, physique²
9 letters: character³, condition³, influence³, determine³, formation³, construct², methodize, methodise
10 letters: appearance³, embodiment⁴
12 letters: construction³, conformation
13 letters: configuration⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (model² = 2 syllables).