Shape
Shape verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Waste
Waste verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: one country attempting to waste another
How words are described
| human | human shape | human waste |
| good | good shape | good waste |
| long | long shape | long waste |
| solid | solid shape | solid waste |
| Other adjectives: real, big, huge, terrible, horrible, strange, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Because it is possible to arrange stones in a "living" shape, one that cannot be captured, advanced players tend not to waste their time actually surrounding each other's shapes.
Source: Metagame - Why don't you waste your pathetic life by checking out the list of tropes that involve jerks in some way, shape, or form?
Source: The Jerk Index -
Gozer proceeds to take the shape of a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and lay waste to the city before being banished back to where it came from.
Source: Beast of the Apocalypse
Cite this Source
Waste and Shape. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/shape/waste
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