"pear-shaped" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more pear-shaped [comparative], most pear-shaped [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} pear-shaped (comparative more pear-shaped, superlative most pear-shaped)
  1. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear. Categories (topical): Surfaces, Shapes
    Sense id: en-pear-shaped-en-adj-W3MH6-Dh Disambiguation of Shapes: 34 34 32
  2. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.
    Having gynoid fat distribution, not android fat distribution.
    Categories (topical): Surfaces, Shapes
    Sense id: en-pear-shaped-en-adj-PodcHC0S Disambiguation of Shapes: 34 34 32
  3. (slang) Wrong, awry, usually in the phrase go pear-shaped. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Shapes Translations (shaped like a pear): грушападо́бны (hrušapadóbny) (Belarusian), крушовиден (krušoviden) (Bulgarian), peervormig (Dutch), en forme de poire (French), piriforme (French), birnenförmig (German), αχλαδόσχημος (achladóschimos) (Greek), körte alakú (Hungarian), a forma di pera (Italian), pæreformet (Norwegian Bokmål), gruszkowaty (Polish), грушеви́дный (gruševídnyj) (Russian), грушеобра́зный (grušeobráznyj) (Russian), en forma de pera (Spanish), piriforme (Spanish), päronformad (Swedish), грушоподі́бний (hrušopodíbnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pear-shaped-en-adj-tVkDweQN Disambiguation of Shapes: 34 34 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 20 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 20 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 16 69 Disambiguation of 'shaped like a pear': 30 30 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lecythiform, pyriform Derived forms: go pear-shaped, play it pear-shaped, turn pear-shaped Related terms: almond-shaped · banana-shaped · bell-shaped · brickshaped · cone-shaped · cross-shaped · cup-shaped · domeshaped · egg-shaped · funnelshaped · heart-shaped · hourglass-shaped · leaf-shaped · mushroom-shaped · needle-shaped · pear-shaped · ring-shaped · rod-shaped · spindle-shaped · top-shaped · wedge-shaped

Alternative forms

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