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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shop \Shop\, obs. imp. of {Shape}. Shaped. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shop \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. [1913 Webster] From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. [1913 Webster] A tailor called me in his shop. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 4. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc. [Slang, Chiefly Eng.] 6. the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop. [Colloq.] Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc. [1913 Webster] {To smell of the shop}, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. {To talk shop}, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Store; warehouse. See {Store}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shop \Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shopping}.] To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. [1913 Webster] He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. --Byron. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: shop n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: {shop}, {store}] 2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done [syn: {workshop}, {shop}] 3: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" [syn: {shop class}, {shop}] v 1: do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday" 2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: {patronize}, {patronise}, {shop}, {shop at}, {buy at}, {frequent}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}] 3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" [syn: {shop}, {browse}] 4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce}, {tell on}, {betray}, {give away}, {rat}, {grass}, {shit}, {shop}, {snitch}, {stag}]