"shaping" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shapings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schapynge}} Middle English schapynge, {{suffix|en|shape|ing}} shape + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} shaping (plural shapings)
  1. The action of the verb to shape.
    (psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.
    Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (method of positive reinforcement): moldeamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shaping-en-noun-wPYyVWQm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 24 7 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 68 17 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 60 12 10 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 12 7 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 8 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 72 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 70 20 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 78 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 11 7 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'method of positive reinforcement': 96 4 1
  2. The action of the verb to shape.
    The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.
    Sense id: en-shaping-en-noun-SZkOlZLT Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  3. The action of the verb to shape.
    Sense id: en-shaping-en-noun-G3hyv-hV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: traffic shaping Translations (the action of the verb to shape): оформяне (oformjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tvarování [neuter] (Czech), formování [neuter] (Czech), Formung [feminine] (German), formātūra [feminine] (Latin)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'the action of the verb to shape': 33 33 33

Verb [English]

Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English shapinge, shapende, schapende, schappande, from Old English sċyppende, sċeppende, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, from Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), equivalent to shape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|shapinge}} Middle English shapinge, {{inh|en|ang|sċyppende}} Old English sċyppende, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skappjandī}} Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skapjandz}} Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*skapjaną|t=to form, shape, create}} Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), {{af|en|shape|-ing|id2=participial}} shape + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shaping
  1. present participle and gerund of shape Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shape
    Sense id: en-shaping-en-verb-TsNoZz1K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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