Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - Having a varied ornamental
form: noting an object such as is usually of simple form, as a
tray or a panel of a piece of furniture, which, instead of being
rectangular round or oval, is broken up into Up into Various
curves. - v. Simple past tense and past participle of shape. -
adj. Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape. -
adj. having the shape of - adj. shaped to fit by or as if by
altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
“Those types of car bombs we saw in east Africa in the Embassy
bombings so many years ago, those had what you call shaped
charges.” “They're what they call shaped charges and they fire
out a ball of molten copper which will cut through an Abrams
tank armor, let alone a Humvee.” “(on camera): They're what they
call shaped charges and they fire out a ball of molten copper
which will cut through an Abrams tank armor, let alone a
Humvee.” “Second, Brazil's transition was shaped from the get-
go, even while the military stil