Thesaurus: shop

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1. imp. of Shape. Shaped.
2. n. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
3. n. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
4. v. i. To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
5. n. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
6. n. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
7. n. a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)
8. v. do one's shopping
9. v. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
10. v. shop around; not necessarily buying
11. v. give away information about somebody
12. imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer. 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. Cowper. 2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. Shak. 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. 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.] Syn. -- Store; warehouse. See Store. To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron.