Operate
Shape
Shape verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A disc shape is actually quite useful for a spacecraft that would operate in an atmosphere.
Source: Flying Saucer - The Riddle Master Trilogy has a Big Bad Ensemble of Ghisteslwchlohm and the shape-changers, who operate independently (and indeed, often at cross-purposes).
Source: Big Bad / Literature - And to operate the radar, when one was slung under the central wing segment for night fighter use.note Due to its...distinctive shape and military pilots being military pilots, that radar became known as the Long Dong.
Source: Guy in Back
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