Word Frequency
shop (ʃɒp
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Definitions
noun
- a place, esp a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services
- an act or instance of shopping, esp household shopping ⇒
the weekly shop
- a place for the performance of a specified type of work; workshop
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See shut up shop
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See talk shop
verb
Word forms: shops, shopping, shopped
- intr often foll by for to visit a shop or shops in search of (goods) with the intention of buying them
- tr (slang (mainly British) to inform on or betray, esp to the police
Word Origin
Old English sceoppa stall, booth; related to Old High German scopf shed, Middle Dutch schoppe stallSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = go shopping, buy things, do the shopping, go to the shops
= betray, grass on, inform on or against, sell out, double-cross, stab in the back, sell down the river, grass up, put the finger on, dob in
Translations for 'shop'
- British English: shop A shop is a building or part of a building where things are sold.She runs her own antiques shop.ʃɒp NOUN
- Arabic: مَحَلّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: loja
- Chinese: 商店
- Croatian: trgovina
- Czech: obchodprodejna
- Danish: butik
- Dutch: winkel
- European Spanish: tienda
- Finnish: kauppa
- French: magasinboutique
- German: Laden Läden
- Greek: κατάστημα
- Italian: negozio
- Japanese: 店
- Korean: 상점
- Norwegian: butikk
- Polish: sklep
- Portuguese: loja
- Romanian: magazin magazine
- Russian: магазин
- Spanish: tienda
- Swedish: affärbutik
- Thai: ร้าน
- Turkish: dükkan/mağaza
- Ukrainian: магазин
- Vietnamese: cửa hàng
Example Sentences Including 'shop'
And perhaps most terrifying of all for a woman who doesn't read comics, I have been inside a comic shop.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Anne Petch, the owner, started the shop almost 30 years ago.Country Life (2004)
But on the shop floors yesterday, several workers criticised the ZCTU for poor organisation and consultation.Irish Times (2002)
I bought them in a charity shop in Sussex on the way to a ferry crossing.TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
I have a description of the buyer from the manager of the shop.BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
Krasic shoved Rado even further back into the dark recess, crushing him against the shop door.THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
Martyrs ' faces stare at us from every wall, every shop window.Irish Times (2002)
Now, he was the owner of an antiques shop in Vienna, specializing in lights.CHAMELEON (2002)
The phenomenon of online shopping might afford people the time to shop around.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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